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  • A Syndrome Track and Reporting System in Hillsborough County Florida: Findings from a Systematic Evaluation

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the first county-wide syndromic surveillance systems in the nation, the Syndromic Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) has been in operation since 11/01/2001, and now covers Hillsborough, Pinellas and Collier counties.… read more
    … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes … counties. STARS uses hospital emergency department visit data to detect aberrations of non-specific syndromes …
  • Analytic Fusion of ESSENCE Clinical Evidence Sources for Routine Decision Support

    Content Type: Abstract

    Block 3 of the US Military Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system affords routine access to multiple sources of data. These include administrative clinical encounter records in the… read more
    … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian …
  • Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOH- Hillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL… read more
    … primary ESSENCE-FL users in each county containing all visits which have been detected by the state’s visits of interest (VOI) query. The email contains all … chief complaint and discharge diagnosis (CCDD) field of a visit for keywords related to reportable diseases and …
  • Estimation And Validation of An Outbreak Simulator

    Content Type: Abstract

    In previous work, we described a non-disease-specific outbreak simulator for the evaluation of outbreak detection algorithms. This Template-Driven Simulator generates disease patterns using user-defined template functions.… read more
    … anthrax cases. The home census block group and time of visit to an emergency department are available for each … anthrax cases. The home census block group and time of visit to an emergency de- partment are available for each … (1) For each case, BARD simulates emergency depart- ment visit times using a convolution of two log- normal …
  • Exploring the Value of Learned Representations for Automated Syndromic Definitions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Comprehensive medical syndrome definitions are critical for outbreak investigation, disease trend monitoring, and public health surveillance. However, because current definitions are based on keyword string-matching, they may miss important… read more
    … of these ICD codes found in emergency department (ED) visit records. The resulting representations capture … of these ICD codes found in emergency department (ED) visit records. The resulting representations capture …
  • Utility of Natural Language Processing for Clinical Quality Measures Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    Clinical quality measures (CQMs) are tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services. Measuring and reporting CQMs helps to ensure that our health care system is delivering effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered,… read more
    … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or …
  • Tracking Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Missouri: Trends and the ICD-CM Transition

    Content Type: Abstract

    Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rates have tripled for Missouri residents in the past three years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the womb. NAS has significant immediate… read more
    … PAS records contain extensive information about the visit, patient, and diagnosis. When examining 2015 annual … percentage change of opioid misuse emergency department visits (as defined by MODHSS) for Missouri women age 18-44 … PAS records contain extensive information about the visit, patient, and diagnosis. When examining 2015 annual …
  • Analysis of Healthcare Seeking Behavior

    Content Type: Abstract

    Healthcare seeking behavior is important to understand when interpreting public health surveillance data, planning for healthcare utilization, or attempting to estimate or model consequences of an adverse event, such as widespread water… read more
    … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to …