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Going Beyond Chief Complaints to Identify Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits
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Overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids are a growing cause of mortality in the United States. Deaths from opioids have contributed to a rise in the overall mortality rate of middle-aged white males during an era when other demographics are… read more… delays in obtaining confirmation of which patients died from opioid overdoses. Emergency department visits for … can provide. Menu-driven registration systems can lump all overdoses together regardless of substance. A more … delays in obtaining confirmation of which patients died from opioid overdoses. Emergency department visits for … -
Enhancing EpiCenter Data Quality Analytics with R
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The EpiCenter syndromic surveillance platform currently uses Java libraries for time series analysis. Expanding the data quality capabilities of EpiCenter requires new analysis methods. While the Java ecosystem has a number of resources for general… read more… additional analytics requires implementing the methods de novo. The R language and ecosystem has emerged as one of … additional analytics requires implementing the methods de novo. The R language and ecosystem has emerged as one of …