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  • Using Discharge Diagnoses for Early Notification of Reportable Diseases in Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Georgia DPH has used its State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) Syndromic Surveillance (SS) module to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia for… read more
    … to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia … to collect, analyze and display analyses of ED patient visits, including DDx data from hospitals throughout Georgia …
  • An Evaluation of the Biosense 2.0 "Poisoning by Medicines" Syndrome Using Chief-Complaint Data in Utah

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense 2.0 uses predetermined syndromes based upon ICD-9 codes and chief complaint data to allow users to view and analyze data from emergency department (ED) visits, yet further validations of these syndromes are needed. Previous studies have… read more
    … to view and analyze data from emergency department (ED) visits, yet further validations of these syndromes are … to view and analyze data from emergency department (ED) visits, yet further validations of these syndromes are …
  • Detection of a Vaccine-preventable Reportable Disease: Comparison of Physician Reporting vs. an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Communicable diseases are underreported by physicians, especially diseases without laboratory tests. The goals of our study were to determine reporting levels for clinical chickenpox, describe clinical data elements common to chickenpox, and assess… read more
    … care to over 25% of Denver, CO. All outpatient clinic visits with ICD-9 chickenpox codes (052) between 1/1/06 thru … on intake. 37% had varicella vaccine at a prior clinic visit. Chief complaints included rash (62%), chickenpox … (3%). 81% were prescribed medications during their visit, including dyphenhydramine or hydroxyzine (43%), …
  • Using the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System

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    Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read more
    … system receives daily, de- identified patient-visit data from 10 hospital emer- gency departments in the … ceived every 24 hours, and the chief complaint for each visit is categorized into non-exclusive syndrome groups. … for statisti- cal aberrations in the number of daily visits using the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARSv3). …
  • Evaluation of the Rhode Island Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RI RODS) System: Disparate Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Rhode Island implemented the Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system, developed in 1999 by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Biomedical Informatics. This system is based on real-time information from… read more
    … the CDCWG work as the gold standard. METHODS 60,715 ED visits were reported to RI RODS in May – August 2006. Each visit was assigned to a CDCWG syndrome based on first-listed … 25.0% for botulism-like to 74.6% for respiratory. Of ED visits with an ICD-9-CM di- agnosis identified by CDCWG, …
  • Data Sharing Among Three States in the BioSense Platform during the 2017 US Solar Eclipse

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2016, the BioSense Platform for national syndromic surveillance made substantial enhancements including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse data sharing needs. On August 21, 2017, a total… read more
    … illness or injury in Emergency Department (ED) visits before, during, and after the eclipse. Objective: … illness or injury in Emergency Department (ED) visits before, during, and after the eclipse. Objective: …
  • Evaluation of Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Injury Case Definitions for Use with NC DETECT

    Content Type: Abstract

    Over the last few decades, the United States has made considerable progress in decreasing the incidence of motor vehicle occupants injured and killed in traffic collisions.1 However, there is still a need for continued motor vehicle crash (MVC)… read more
    … and bicycle crash-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance … and bicycle crash-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance …
  • Near Real-Time Monitoring of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data During the 2013 Super Bowl and Mardi Gras Events in New Orleans, LA

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify… read more
    … chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify ED visits indicative of specific syndromes. The Infectious … chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify ED visits indicative of specific syndromes. The Infectious …