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  • Assessing Prior Pain Visits and Medical History Risk Factors for Opioid Overdose

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    Opioid overdoses are a growing cause of mortality in the United States. Medical prescriptions for opioids are a risk factor for overdose. This observation raises concerns that patients may seek multiple opioid prescriptions, possibly increasing… read more
    … (1) Overdose patients have a larger number of prior ED visits than matched controls. (2) Overdose patients have … Identifying text features of emergency department visits associated with risk of future drug overdose. 3 views … (1) Overdose patients have a larger number of prior ED visits than matched controls. (2) Overdose patients have …
  • Outbreak of ED visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, Mayotte Island

    Content Type: Abstract

    On October 2016, the Indian Ocean Regional Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of SC on Mayotte Island. In this context, an investigation based on a syndromic surveillance system… read more
    … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of … to characterize the increase in emergency department (ED) visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids (SC). 4 … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of …
  • Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Houston: Developing a Post-Disaster Mental Health Surveillance System

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    The objective of this project was to classify and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system. In addition, this project will offer a
    … and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease … Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Houston: Developing a Post-Disaster Mental Health … and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease …
  • Analysis of Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Injuries in Utah, 2016

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?

    Content Type: Abstract

    A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to … read more
    … that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits. Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that an ARI surveillance system that focused on urgent visits would outperform one that monitored all outpatient … respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas? H Zheng1,2, T …
  • Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?

    Content Type: Abstract

    A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to improve the performance… read more
    … that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits. Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that an ARI surveillance system that focused on urgent visits would outperform one that monitored all outpatient … respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas? H Zheng1,2, T …
  • Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?

    Content Type: Abstract

    A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to improve the performance… read more
    … that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits.1 Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that an ARI surveillance system that focused on urgent visits would outperform one that monitored all outpatient … respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas? H Zheng1,2, T …
  • 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 …