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  • Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions

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    The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more
    … of NDC to identify related emergency department (ED) visits and subsequent CC-based syndrome categorization. These data may provide public health investigators insight into health … of SS syndromes based on the patient’s CC during their ED visit. Document …
  • Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major Flood

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    On August 20th and 21st, 2007, Ohio sustained heavy rains which resulted in severe flooding over a nine-county area in the north-central part of the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal… read more
    … the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal illnesses, but … - 08:40 … Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major …
  • Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome

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    A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … Specificity “HEST” (.84) “COUG” (.93) “FEVE” (.47) y Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:1 … A number of …
  • Google Flu Trends: Spatial Correlation with Influenza Emergency Department Visits

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    GFT is a surveillance tool that gathers data on local internet searches to estimate the emergence of influenza-like illness in a given geographic location in real time.3 Previously, GFT has been proven to strongly correlate with influenza incidence… read more
    … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   Submitted by … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   … Google Flu …
  • Synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018

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    Maryland utilizes ESSENCE for identification of emerging public health threats, including non-fatal overdoses. Synthetic cannabinoids are heterogeneous psychoactive compounds identified as substances of abuse [1]. In March 2018, the Illinois… read more
    … associated with synthetic cannabinoids use. By May 2018, state health departments reported 202 cases, … free text query to track synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits. Assess trends in synthetic cannabinoid use from … time-series analysis. … Synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018 …
  • Evaluation of ESSENCE Syndromic Definitions for ED Visits Related to Falls in Icy Weather

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    Icy weather events increase the risk for injury from falls on untreated or inadequately treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and economic impact1. The goal of this project was to… read more
    … treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and … complaint, would be more effective at identifying ED visits resulting from fall-related injuries. Objective : …
  • 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. …
  • Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data

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    Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use the patient ID, facility ID and earliest date in… read more
    … ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … ID occur within the same 24-hour time frame, those two visits are combined into one visit and the earliest date … ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same …