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  • Parametric Uncertainty in Intra-Herd Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemiological Models

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    Epidemiological models that simulate the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease within a herd are the foundation of decision support tools used by governments to help advise and inform strategy to combat outbreaks. Contact transmission data used to… read more
    … objective of this project is to understand how parametric un- certainty within intra-herd Foot-and-Mouth disease … objective of this project is to understand how parametric un- certainty within intra-herd Foot-and-Mouth disease …
  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

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    To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.
    … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … in that it assigns a probability that each visit falls within the syndrome rather than ruling the visit … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language …
  • How good is your data?

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    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more
    … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … (aggregated) data which cannot be traced back to the un-aggregated 'raw' data. This and the distributed, … vides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. …
  • Monitoring child mental health related emergency department visits in New York City

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    From 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. During this period, mental health-related hospitalizations among NYC children increased nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-… read more
    … 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. … nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-related ED visits in NYC and assess the use of syndromic surveillance … syndromic system with those from a less timely, coded ED visit database.  Objective To assess the use of syndromic …
  • Using a Syndromic Approach to Monitor Alcohol-Related Visits of College-Aged Emergency Department Patients

    Content Type: Abstract

    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1… read more
    … Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … Using a syndromic approach to monitor alcohol-related visits of college-aged emergency department patients …
  • Identification and Assessment of Repeat Drug Overdose Visits at EDs in Virginia

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    The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) utilizes syndromic surveillance ED data to measure morbidity associated with opioid and heroin overdoses among Virginia residents. Understanding which individuals within a population use ED services for… read more
    … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, … they differ from individuals with a single overdose ED visit. 13 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, …
  • Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use the patient ID, facility ID and earliest date in… read more
    … of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use … ID occur within the same 24-hour time frame, those two visits are combined into one visit and the earliest date … unique visit IDs and these are used to identify unique visits in NC DETECT. These data are also sent twice daily to …