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  • Evaluation of Case Detection of Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    NSSP, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance system, allows timely detection of emergency department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome criteria [1, 2]. No CDC… read more
    … department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome … definition currently exists for marijuana-related visits. Accidental child ingestions and over-consumption of … department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome …
  • Using Emergency Department Data for Detection of a Synthetic Marijuana Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timely access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, allows for early outbreak detection and prompt response by public health officials.BioSense 2.0 is a cloud-based application that… read more
    … access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, … marijuana (SM). We used this event to test the use of CC field of ED data for detection of a novel public health … access to Emergency Department (ED) Chief Complaint (CC) data, before the definitive diagnosis is established, …
  • Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more
    … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of … generate and validate a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana and (2) describe a … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of …