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  • Optimization of Linkage between North Carolina EMS and ED Data: EMS Naloxone Cases

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    The opioid overdose crisis has rapidly expanded in North Carolina (NC), paralleling the epidemic across the United States. The number of opioid overdose deaths in NC has increased by nearly 40% each year since 2015.1 Critical to preventing overdose… read more
    … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these … administration in 2017 were successfully linked to an ED visit record. This study explored methods to improve EMS and … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these …
  • Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since October 2004, the Indiana State Health Department and the Marion County Health Department have been developing and using a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency department admission data. The system … read more
    … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department (ED) visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 …
  • Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health

    Content Type: Abstract

    Community health assessments are a foundation of public health practice and a prerequisite to achieving public health accreditation. Best practice dictates that CHAs must incorporate qualitative and quantitative data and utilize a number of… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … entities will become standard. Analysis of emergency room visit data, either in aggregate or by specific syndromes, … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient …
  • School Health: A Novel School Nurse Clinic Surveillance Project in Coastal Georgia

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Georgia Department of Public Health collects chief complaint data from hospitals to characterize health trends in near real time. These data were critical for situational awareness during the 2009 H1N1… read more
    … demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include using clinic visit data to identify opportunities for health … demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include …
  • Approach to Onboarding Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Into a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has become an integral component of public health surveillance efforts within the state of Florida. The near real-time nature of these data are critical during events such as the Zika virus outbreak in Florida in 2016 and in… read more
    … systems typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from non-traditional sources: urgent care center visit data, mortality data, reportable disease data, and … systems typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from …
  • Evaluating the Performance of a Spatial Scan Statistic Using Simulated Outbreak Characteristics

    Content Type: Abstract

    Research evaluating the use of spatial data for surveillance purposes is ongoing and evolving. As spatial methods evolve, it is important to characterize their effectiveness in real-world settings. Assessing the performance of… read more
    … outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a … on injecting synthetic outbreak data (signal) into actual back- ground visit data.1,2,3 These studies focused on either temporal … outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a …
  • Diagnosis Coding Anomalies Resulting in Hemorrhagic Illness Alerts in Veterans Health Administration Outpatient Clinics

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates over 880 outpatient clinics across the nation. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes… read more
    … Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes VHA ICD9 coded outpatient visit data for the detection of abnormal patterns of disease … Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes VHA ICD9 coded outpatient visit data for the detec- tion of abnormal patterns of … Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes VHA ICD9 coded outpatient visit data for the detection of abnormal patterns of disease …
  • Use of the OSCOUR network data to describe low back pain attendances in French ED

    Content Type: Abstract

    LBP is one of the leading contributors to disease burden worldwide [1]. In France, LBP is a frequent reason of general practice consultations. According to a study published in 2017 and based on 2014 data issued of the National Health Insurance… read more
    … of thickness leave and 4 of 5 people will suffer of low back pain during their own life. Most often, LBP is a … describes the characteristics of attendances for low back pain (LBP) in the French emergency departments (ED) … of thickness leave and 4 of 5 people will suffer of low back pain during their own life. Most often, LBP is a …