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  • Analysis of Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Injuries in Utah, 2016

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    Motor vehicle injury is the leading cause of death in injury category in the United States. In 2016, motor vehicle crashes were one of the main causes of death resulting from injury (8.8 per 100,000 population) in Utah. Motor vehicle crashes can… read more
    … data in the Utah Department of Health to monitor ED visits due to motor vehicle injuries in real time. Objective … describe the characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits for motor vehicle injuries in Utah using 2016 … data in the Utah Department of Health to monitor ED visits due to motor vehicle injuries in real time. Objective …
  • Using Sydromic Surveillance to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits

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    The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) investigated the feasibility of using syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. E-cigarettes have been associated with injuries and… read more
    … syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits …
  • Using State and National Surveillance Systems during World Equestrian Games in NC

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    North Carolina hosted the 2018 FEI WEG in Polk County at the Tryon Equestrian Center in September 2018. Polk County, located in the Mountain region of Western North Carolina, is home to 20,357 people, and the population is widely distributed. Event… read more
    … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking …
  • Using Health Information Exchange to Improve Use of Prescription Monitoring Data

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    Washington State experienced a five-fold increase in deaths from unintentional drug overdoses between 1998 and 2014. The PMP collects data on controlled substances prescribed to patients and makes the data available to healthcare providers, giving… read more
    … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between …
  • Google Flu Trends: Spatial Correlation with Influenza Emergency Department Visits

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    GFT is a surveillance tool that gathers data on local internet searches to estimate the emergence of influenza-like illness in a given geographic location in real time.3 Previously, GFT has been proven to strongly correlate with influenza incidence… read more
    … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   8 views … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   … Spatial Correlation with Influenza Emergency Department Visits …
  • Syndromic Surveillance, The First French Experience

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    This paper describes the development of a syndromic surveillance system in France. It is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPís activities (Sos Medecins), deaths certificates.
    … is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPís activities (Sos Medecins), deaths … is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GP’s activities (Sos Médecins), deaths … visits logged during the previous 24h: date and time of visit, sex, age, chief complaint, zip code, medical …
  • Comparing Telehealth and NACRS Influenza Activity to Fluwatch Surveillance Using EARS-X

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    This paper will use CDCís EARS-X to examine Tele-healthís potential as an early warning system specifically for influenza-like illness compared to NACRS, as well as qualitatively comparing the resultant EARS flags to peaks in influenza activity… read more
    … since 2000. For the purpose of this paper, only ED visit portion of the dataset was included in the analysis. … Influenza in Canada: 2005-2006 Season. CCDR 2007;33(3): un- known. (4) Hutwagner L, Browne T, Seeman GM, Fleischauer … 6. Further Information: Elizabeth Rolland, erolland@gmail.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;4:189 …
  • Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome

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    A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … and specificity of the Ngram CC classifier for individual visits using a ROC curve analysis. Points on the ROC curve … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome Philip Brown¹, Sylvia …