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Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP): Automated Detection and Reporting of Statutory Notifiable Diseases to Public Health Authorities
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Clinician initiated reporting of notifiable conditions is often delayed, incomplete, and lacking in detail. We report on the deployment of Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP), a system we have created to automatically screen… read more… Lyme disease, for example, can be diagnosed from the com- bination of 1) an ICD9 code 088.81 (erythema chronicum … 2000–2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005;54: 822–5. 5. Thacker SB, Choi K, Brachman PS. The surveillance of … 30–6. 8. EpicCare Ambulatory. Available at http://www.epicsystems. … -
Assessing the Utility of Syndromic Surveillance Systems during Extreme Weather Conditions
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Recent extreme weather events have caused serious health and social problems across Europe. During the summer heat waves of 2003 across Europe, France recorded an excess of over 14,000 deaths contributed to heat-related causes. Other countries such… read more… will be developed considering both initial chief com- plaints and final diagnoses. Anecdotal evidence sug- … the early experience” JAMAI:11 McGregor, GR, Watkins, H, Cox, M (2004): “The relationship of the seasonality of … -
Klompas et al. Respond: Automated Public Health Reporting-- Possible with a Coalition of the Willing
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Professor Hripcsak rightly points out some of the challenges inherent in disseminating and sustaining robust information systems to automate the detection and reporting of notifiable diseases using data from electronic medical records (EMR). New… read more… professional societies, regulators, providers, com- mercial EMR vendors, and academia. We hope that co- operation amongst these parties can help us all to meet …