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Real-time surveillance for chronic conditions in Massachusetts using EHR data
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Public health agencies and researchers have traditionally relied on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and similar tools for surveillance of non-reportable conditions. These tools are valuable but the data are delayed by more… read more… EHR data for the purposes of public health surveillance ( www.esphealth.org ). Practices retain the ability to approve … EHR data for the purposes of public health surveillance (www.esphealth.org). Practices retain the ability to approve … -
Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP): Automated Detection and Reporting of Statutory Notifiable Diseases to Public Health Authorities
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Clinician initiated reporting of notifiable conditions is often delayed, incomplete, and lacking in detail. We report on the deployment of Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP), a system we have created to automatically screen… read more… Lyme disease, for example, can be diagnosed from the com- bination of 1) an ICD9 code 088.81 (erythema chronicum … 2000–2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005;54: 822–5. 5. Thacker SB, Choi K, Brachman PS. The surveillance of … 30–6. 8. EpicCare Ambulatory. Available at http://www.epicsystems. … -
Automated Detection of Tuberculosis Using Electronic Medical Record Data
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Approximately one quarter of people treated for tuberculosis (TB) have no supporting microbiology, and thus are not detectable through laboratory reporting systems. Health departments depend upon clinicians to report these… read more… with a combined positive predictive value of 82%. By com- parison, the most sensitive single algorithm (any ICD9 … Control. “Sum- mary Statistics For The Year 2005.” http://www.mass.gov/dph/cdc/tb/tb_summarydata.rtf [2] Yokoe et al. … -
Klompas et al. Respond: Automated Public Health Reporting-- Possible with a Coalition of the Willing
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Professor Hripcsak rightly points out some of the challenges inherent in disseminating and sustaining robust information systems to automate the detection and reporting of notifiable diseases using data from electronic medical records (EMR). New… read more… professional societies, regulators, providers, com- mercial EMR vendors, and academia. We hope that co- operation amongst these parties can help us all to meet … -
Automated surveillance and public health reporting for gestational diabetes incidence and care using electronic health record data
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Public health departments have a strong interest in monitoring the incidence, care, and complications of gestational diabetes, as it is associated with poor outcomes for infants and increased risk of diabetes type II for mothers.… read more… Klompas et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 23 medical nutrition therapy, 28% were … Health Threats Journal M Klompas et al. 2011, 4:s34 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 24 …