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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 …
  • Visualizing the Local Experience: HIV Data to Care Tool

    Content Type: Abstract

    Recently signed in Denver, the Paris Declaration demonstrates a collective resolution to end AIDS by continually monitoring these goals. However siloed data and in/out migration results in poor capacity to track population level care indicators for… read more
    … results in poor capacity to track population level care indicators for persons living with HIV (PLWH). … not only enumerate PLWH but also support prevention and care programming (1). We designed and implemented the HIV … results in poor capacity to track population level care indicators for persons living with HIV (PLWH). …
  • A proposed SyS Case Definition for Opioid Overdose Related ED visits- an evaluation in three regions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Opioid ODs have been rising globally and nationally. The death rate from ODs in the United States has increased 137% since 2000, including a 200% increase of OD deaths involving opioids1. The pilot project, a collaboration across 3 states, allowed… read more
    … SyS Case Definition for Opioid Overdose Related ED visits- an evaluation in three regions …
  • Detection of a Vaccine-preventable Reportable Disease: Comparison of Physician Reporting vs. an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Communicable diseases are underreported by physicians, especially diseases without laboratory tests. The goals of our study were to determine reporting levels for clinical chickenpox, describe clinical data elements common to chickenpox, and assess… read more
    … The study took place in a healthcare system that provides care to over 25% of Denver, CO. All outpatient clinic visits … on intake. 37% had varicella vaccine at a prior clinic visit. Chief complaints included rash (62%), chickenpox … were hives (4%), sores (3%), bites (6%), blisters (3%), bumps (4%), "red" (7%) and/or lesion(s) (3%). 81% were …
  • Stakeholder Perspectives of Biosurveillance: a Qualitative Analysis

    Content Type: Abstract

    For more than a decade, biosurveillance systems (and more recently BioSense) have been employed in the United States. Efforts to drastically expand these surveillance capacities have been a national priority given concerns … read more
    … 3) countermeasure response in these communities. Results Site visits to NYC, Boston, and Baltimore were conducted … Additional source include 911/EMS calls (all sites); 11 and 10 hospital clinics and 17 and 25 community … and public school health clinics. While BioSense sites exist in some of these cities, there is relatively …
  • Denver County Clostridium difficile Trends and Associated Risk Factors 2011-2013

    Content Type: Abstract

    Clostridium difficile (CD), a gram-negative, anaerobic, sporeforming bacterium causes symptoms ranging from mild to severe diarrhea and may result in death. Approximately 75% of CDI cases have symptom onset outside of health care settings.… read more
    … 75% of CDI cases have symptom onset outside of health care settings. Annual US costs of treatment and infection … long-term hospital stays, and residence in long-term-care facilities. Nationally, CO-CA cases have increased from … 75% of CDI cases have symptom onset outside of health care settings. Annual US costs of treatment and infection …