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Syndrome Development to Assess IDU, HIV, and Homelessness in MA Emergency Departments
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In Massachusetts, syndromic surveillance (SyS) data have been used to monitor injection drug use and acute opioid overdoses within EDs. Currently, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) SyS captures over 90% of ED visits statewide. These… read more… of Public Health (MDPH) SyS captures over 90% of ED visits statewide. These real-time data contain rich … clinical and demographic information used to categorize visits for population level public health surveillance. … have shown elevated rates of opioid overdose related ED visits, Emergency Medical Service incidents, and fatalities … -
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… the denominator of their choice (e.g., total ambu- latory visits, total number of patients tested for the condition, …