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  • Automated Monitoring of Asthma Using the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2006, approximately 6.8 million children and 16.1 million adults were reported to have asthma in the US. The CDC BioSense System currently receives data from >540 hospital emergency departments (EDs; 522 send patient chief… read more
    … diagnoses), and captures about 11% of all U.S. ED visits.   OBJECTIVE To describe the potential utility of … diagnoses), and captures about 11% of all U.S. ED visits. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of ED … age group comprised 39% of asthma visits. Below age 19, visit rates were higher among males and above age 19, rates …
  • Automated Monitoring of Exposures Using the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national automated surveillance system designed to enhance the nation's capability to rapidly detect and quantify public health emergencies, by accessing and analyzing diagnostic and prediagnostic health data. The… read more
    … “exposure” sub-syndrome.   OBJECTIVE To identify hospital visits with chief complaints concerning exposures, … 2SRA International, Inc. OBJECTIVE To identify hospital visits with chief complaints concerning exposures, … department (ED) visits, outpatient (OP) reasons for visit, and inpatient (IP) reasons for admit were examined …
  • Identifying Clusters of Falls During the 2007-08 Winter Season in the BioSense System

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purposes of this study are to identify and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season.
    … and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season. Document … and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season. … United States [1] and accounted for 21% of injury-related visits to U.S. EDs in 2005 [2]. BioSense is a national …
  • Monitoring Influenza Activity Using the BioSense System, 2003-2005

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the standard approaches to public health surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like illness (%ILI; fever plus cough or sore throat). The BioSense System currently… read more
    … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like … surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza- like … was one week before or after the seasonal increase in ILI visits to sentinel physicians. Data were analyzed for the …
  • Identifying Fractures in BioSense Radiology Reports

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purposes of this study are to validate a keyword-based text parsing algorithm for identifying fractures and compare radiology results with chief complaint and ICD-9 final diagnoses.
    … and pharmeutical receipt. METHODS We studied 17,647 visits with an extremity film and final ICD-9 coded … we applied the text parsing algorithm to all 17,647 visits with a text radiography reading. Of these, 73% were … had radiographs with fractures. The five most common sites of fracture were hand (12%), wrist (11%), ankle (10%), …
  • Analyses of National Syndromic Surveillance Data: Real-Time Hospital, Veterans Affairs (VA) & Department of Defense (DoD) Data

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    Since July 2004 the BioSense program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received data from DoD military and VA outpatient clinics (not in real time). In January 2006 real-time hospital data (e.g. chief complaints and… read more
    … to 6/11/06. Because of differences in available data, visits were defined dif- ferently for the 3 data types. For VA and hospital data, repeat visits within 24 hours of discharge were grouped into a single visit. For DoD data, each visit to a facility, regardless of …
  • BioSense Participation by Non-Federal Hospitals

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a national program designed to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting disease detection, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness. Currently, BioSense receives near real-time data from non-federal hospitals, as well as… read more
    … the Bio- Sense application. About 11% of total U.S. ED visits are sent to BioSense, 10% via state or local health … in the Bio- Sense program send emergency department visit in- formation, in addition to these data approximately … also send data regarding inpatient and outpatient visits. Of all emergency department visits during the study …
  • Defining Clinical Condition Categories for Biosurveillance

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    The goal of this project is to create a set of clinical condition categories based on explicit criteria for use in biosurveillance programs. The categories will be defined and keywords and ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for implementation will be proposed.
    … nationally notifiable infectious diseases; 3) reasons for visit from CDC’s Hurricane Morbidity Report Form for Active Surveillance in Clinical Care Settings3; and 4) text-based definitions of the … “Active Public Health Surveillance in Clinical Care Settings” …