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  • Surveillance of Overdose-related Emergency Department Visits in Rhode Island

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    During March-May 2013, 14 overdose deaths occurred in RI that were caused by acetyl fentanyl, a novel synthetic opioid about five times more potent than heroin1. Ten of these deaths were clustered in March, causing a significant increase over… read more
    … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … data retrospectively to characterize overdose related ED visits in RI and to analyze trends. Objective Determine if …
  • Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?

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    The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more
    … relationship between Ontarioís emergency department (ED) visits and telephone health line (Telehealth Ontario) call … me_Be_Used_As_A_Proxy_For_Emergency_Department_Respiratory_Visit_Surveillance_By_Public_Health_.pdf Submitted by elamb … to ED discharge data. References (1) Wagner MM, Tsui F-C, Espino JU, Dato VM, Sittig DF, Caruana RA, McGinnis LF, …
  • Can We Use Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify Primary Care Visits to NYC EDs?

    Content Type: Abstract

    NYC EDs saw nearly 4 million visits in 2011. Studies have demon- strated that non-urgent visits can account for more than 50% of vis- its to EDs. Designed to provide rapid diagnosis and first-line treatment of serious illness, EDs often function as… read more
    … NYC EDs saw nearly 4 million visits in 2011. Studies have demon- strated that non-urgent … develop a syndrome classification based on patient chief com- plaint to (1) estimate the proportion of primary …
  • Finding Time-of-Arrival Clusters of Exposure-Related Visits to Emergency Departments in Contiguous Hospital Groups

    Content Type: Abstract

    Time-of-arrival (TOA) surveillance methodology consists of identifying clusters of patients arriving to a hospital emergency department (ED) with similar complaints within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently… read more
    … within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently conducted by the Florida Department … care hospital beds and 32% of all emergency department visits statewide. We present findings from TOA monitoring in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Assessing Prior Pain Visits and Medical History Risk Factors for Opioid Overdose

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … overdose. This observation raises concerns that patients may seek multiple opioid prescriptions, possibly increasing … (1) Overdose patients have a larger number of prior ED visits than matched controls. (2) Overdose patients have …
  • Fever Detection in Clinic Visit Notes Using a General Purpose Processor

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    With increased penetration of clinical information system products and increased interest in clinical data exchange, a variety of clinician’s notes are becoming available for surveillance. Chief complaints have been studied extensively, and… read more
    … notes have received attention, but narrative clinic visit notes have gotten little attention.   Objective To … current acute fever as fever related to the current visit, that occurred within the past week, and that was not … 2004 Apr;37(2):120-7. [2] Friedman C, Shagina L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents …
  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 public health emergency. Field surveillance staff visited 26 hospitals to collect data on ED visits and … hospital admissions for the 7-day period before the site visit. Of the 50 hospital EDs that report electronic data to …
  • Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness

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    To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.
    … joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting … counts of outpatient visits and laboratory test orders. Com- bined surveillance was performed by averaging the p- …