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  • Reverse Engineering of a Syndrome Definition for Influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    We report here on the use of the North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition of influenza for the purpose of influenza surveillance.
    … and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org ) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition … and Emerging Infection Prevention Sys- tem (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engi- neer a syndrome definition … illness, a combination of evidence of fever and another com- mon symptom was used. The frequency of this com- …
  • Defining emergency department asthma visits for public health surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Tracking emergency department (ED) asthma visits is an important part of asthma surveillance, as ED visits can be preventable and may represent a failure of asthma control efforts. When using limited clinical ED datasets for secondary purposes such… read more
    … The prevailing approach uses only the primary ICD-9-CM diagnosis assigned to the ED visit; however, doing so may … The prevailing approach uses only the primary ICD�9�CM diag- nosis (Dx) for the ED visit (2); however, doing so … may underestimate the public health impact of asthma. We con- ducted this pilot study to determine the value of …
  • Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more
    … ED data DEEDS Update • HL7 V3 DEEDS specification https://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public_temp_E8692EE7-1C23-BA17- … UMLS file, MR XNS Exact Match: Compare to UMLS file, MR CON Stop Processing Match? Match? no- proceed to next round … vomiting yesterday Today general aches 27 yo male, c/o vom,diarea x2 days. Denies temp. h/a too. 27 year-old male …
  • Improving Negation Processing in Triage Notes

    Content Type: Abstract

    Emergency Department (ED) triage notes are clinical notes that expand upon the chief complaint, and are included in the AHIC minimum dataset for biosurveillance.1  Clinical notes can improve the accuracy of keyword-based syndromes but require… read more
    … h/a. Many negated terms, however, were not addressed and con- tinue to create false positive syndrome hits. The pur- … type of negation. The final sample included 177 visits con- taining negated terms, from 18 of the 19 NC DE- TECT … scope, e.g. “states” or “now.” REFERENCES [1]http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/materials/meeting10/bio/BDS …
  • Evaluation of Emergency Medical Text Processor for Pre-Processing Chief Complaint Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The goal of this project is to compare automated syn-dromic surveillance queries using raw chief complaints to those pre-processed with the Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) system.
    … syn- dromic surveillance queries using raw chief com- plaints to those pre-processed with the Emergency …
  • Evolution of a Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition

    Content Type: Abstract

    In North Carolina, select hospital emergency departments have been submitting data since 2003 for use in syndromic surveillance. These data are collected, stored, and parsed into syndrome categories by the North Carolina… read more
    … of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes, chief complaint (CC), initial recorded … temperature, and ED nurse triage note (TN). As ICD-9-CM codes are not transmitted to our database in a timely … bio- terrorism-associated agents. Available at http://www.bt.cdc. gov /surveillance/syndromedef/index.asp. …
  • Emergency Department Data Quality Best Practices

    Content Type: Abstract

    Data quality for syndromic surveillance extends beyond validating and evaluating syndrome results. Data aggregators and data providers can take additional steps to monitor and ensure the accuracy of the data. In North Carolina,… read more
    … conducted an aggregate study of the timeliness of ICD-9-CM final diagnosis codes transmitted to NC DETECT [2]. We … [1] North Carolina General Statute 130A-480. http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapt …
  • Using UMLS Semantic Network to Identify Search Terms for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The variability of free text emergency department (ED) data is problematic for biosurveillance, and current methods of identifying search terms for symptoms of interest are inefficient as well as time- and labor-intensive. Our ad… read more
    … frame=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/documentation.html [2] …