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  • Comparison of ED and Urgent Care ILI Surveillance Data From the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of health care data such as the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes related to Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI), was used to track the progression of the 2009 Fall Novel H1N1 Outbreak in the… read more
    … care centers was 0.298 in comparison with 0.125 for ED visits during the 2009 Fall Novel H1N1 influenza outbreak. … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Fever as a Measure for Early Detection of Influenza Outbreaks in the Emergency Department

    Content Type: Abstract

    Emergency Department surveillance methods currently rely on identification of acute illness by tracking chief complaint or ICD9 discharge codes. Newer generation electronic medical records are now capturing additional … read more
    …   cases  as  defined   by   ICD­9   codes   and   thus   may   be   able   to  serve  as  a  useful  early   …
  • Discrete Data from Electronic Medical Records - Next Generation Data Sets for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Traditionally Emergency Department syndromic surveillance methods have relied on ICD-9 codes and chief complaints. The implementation of electronic medical record keeping has made much more information available than can… read more
    … sur- veillance by grouping positive findings such as mus- cle ache, sore throat, cough, fever and headache. …