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Contact Tracing in Asymptomatic Diseases Under Elimination
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This study analyzes the critical tracing fraction (fc) to eliminate diseases like rubella when both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases are considered.… This study analyzes the critical tracing fraction (fc) to eliminate diseases like rubella when both … … This study analyzes the critical tracing fraction (fc) to eliminate diseases like rubella when both … -
Defining emergency department asthma visits for public health surveillance
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Tracking emergency department (ED) asthma visits is an important part of asthma surveillance, as ED visits can be preventable and may represent a failure of asthma control efforts. When using limited clinical ED datasets for secondary purposes such… read more… Tracking emergency department (ED) asthma visits is an important part of asthma surveillance, as ED … only the primary ICD-9-CM diagnosis assigned to the ED visit; however, doing so may underestimate the public health … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
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… use ED services for repeated drug overdose events may help guide the use of limited resources towards the most … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, … they differ from individuals with a single overdose ED visit. Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … The … -
Health IT meaningful use: how the EHR certification may improve the electronic laboratory reporting (ELR)
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) brought significant incentives to providers for implementing certified EHR technologies. It specifically requires utilization of certified electronic health records (EHRs) for electronic exchange of… read more… and the variable content and format of ELR messages. The MU is a new factor that may foster ELR technologies through implementation … of Stage 1 meaningful use (MU) health IT certification (MUC), on development of national electronic laboratory … -
Analysis of ED and UCC Visits Related to Synthetic Marijuana in ESSENCE-FL, 2010-2015
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Illnesses related to synthetic marijuana use have been reported in many states, including Florida. Because these visits can present with a variety of symptoms, as well as be attributed to numerous diagnosis codes, it can be difficult to identify and… read more… reported in many states, including Florida. Because these visits can present with a variety of symptoms, as well as be … or new terms to be searched for within each patient visit. The main source of data for ESSENCE-FL is emergency … -
COPD-Related ED Visits in North Carolina: Hospitalizations and Return Visits
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COPD is a prevalent chronic disease among older adults; exacerbations often result in ED visits and subsequent hospital admissions. A portion of such patients return to the ED within a few days or weeks. In this study, we investigated patterns… read more… among older adults; exacerbations often result in ED visits and subsequent hospital admissions. A portion of such … patterns of hospital admissions and short-term return visits resulting from COPD-related ED visits. Objective To … -
Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?
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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 are urgent (triangles). Time to outbreak detection (y-axis) is plotted as a function of false- alarm rate (upper … S, South B, Anthony JA, Kalp E, Gundlapallli A, Curriero FC, et al. Combining free text and structured electronic … -
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 are urgent (triangles). Time to outbreak detection (y-axis) is plotted as a function of false- alarm rate (upper … S, South B, Anthony JA, Kalp E, Gundlapallli A, Curriero FC, et al. Combining free text and structured electronic …