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  • Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables

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    The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more
    … hospital discharge or death records, monitoring of ED visits is the timeliest and an inexpensive method for … study was to evaluate the relationship between HRI ED visits and weather variables as predictors, in Ohio. … Evaluating the relationship between heat-related ED visits and weather variables Bill Storm* and Brian Fowler …
  • Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense

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    Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more
    … (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into … but do not quantify the relationship between ILI visits and hospital admissions. Objective The purpose of … between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense AF McIntyre1, L …
  • Surveillance of Overdose-related Emergency Department Visits in Rhode Island

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    During March-May 2013, 14 overdose deaths occurred in RI that were caused by acetyl fentanyl, a novel synthetic opioid about five times more potent than heroin1. Ten of these deaths were clustered in March, causing a significant increase over… read more
    … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … data retrospectively to characterize overdose related ED visits in RI and to analyze trends. Objective Determine if … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS …
  • Analytic Biosurveillance Methods for Resource-Limited Settings

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    Biosurveillance in resource-limited settings is essential because of both enhanced risk of diseases rarely seen elsewhere (e.g. cholera) and pandemic threats (e.g. avian influenza). However, access to care and laboratory test capability are… read more
    … has the added complication that day-of-week clinical visit patterns differ widely, (e.g. clinic closure on … has the added complication that day-of-week clinical visit patterns differ widely, (e.g. clinic closure on …
  • Validation of New Jersey Emergency Department (ED) Registration Data in BioSense 2.0

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    BioSense 2.0, a redesigned national syndromic surveillance system, provides users with timely regional and national data classified into disease syndromes, with views of health outcomes and trends for use in situational awareness. As of July 2014,… read more
    … servers occurs twice daily via SFTP. The average daily visit volume in the transfer is around 10,000 records. This … servers occurs twice daily via SFTP. The average daily visit volume in the transfer is around 10,000 records. This …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

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    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text field analogous to the Chief … type of data not previously available is the reason for visit (ROV), a free- text field analogous to the CC. Intake … type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text field analogous to the Chief …
  • Variation in Visits Classified by GI ICD9 Biosurveillance Sub-Filters as a Function of Age

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    The CDC recently developed sub-syndromes for classifying disease to enhance syndromic surveillance of natural outbreaks and bioterrorism. They have developed ICD9 classifiers for six GI Illness subsyndromes: Abdominal Pain,… read more
    … infections, and Food poisoning. If the number of visits for sub-syndromes varies significantly by age it may … VARIATION IN VISITS CLASSIFIED BY GI ICD9 BIOSURVEILLANCE SUB-FILTERS AS … infections, and Food poisoning. If the number of visits for sub-syndromes varies significantly by age it may …
  • Opioid Seizures by Law Enforcement in Relation to Emergency Room Visits

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    In 2016, there were approximately 63,000 deaths nationally due to drug overdose. This trend continues to increase with the provisional number of US deaths for 2017 being approximately 72,000 (1). This increase in overdose deaths is fueled largely by… read more
    … fentanyl beginning in 2013 (2). In Missouri, ER visits follow similar trends with heroin overdose visits greatly increasing after 2011. While PDMPs help … fentanyl beginning in 2013 (2). In Missouri, ER visits follow similar trends with heroin overdose visits …