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Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments
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Use case for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Problem… read more… pollen. Available data sources are emergency department visit records, weather data, air quality data, and pollen … or affiliation: Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Phone: 617-534-5606 Email: jgunn@bphc.org Co-submitters and … pollen. Available data sources are emergency department visit records, weather data, air quality data, and pollen … -
Negation Processing in Free Text Emergency Department Data for Public Health Surveillance
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Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Negation Processing in Free Text Emergency Department Data for Public Health Surveillance consultancy held January 19-20, 2017 at the University of Utah, Salt Lake… read more… cannot properly identify negated terms. For example, a visit is classified into a fever syndrome when the chief … on behalf of the North Carolina Division of Public Health Phone: 919-843-0814 Email: ising@ad.unc.edu Co-submitters … cannot properly identify negated terms. For example, a visit is classified into a fever syndrome when the chief … -
Data Quality
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Problem Summary Data collection across a growing stream of contributing facilities and variables requires automated, consistent, and efficient monitoring of quality. Epidemiologists tasked with analyzing syndromic data need to be confident in the… read more… Seattle &King County (WA); Marion County (IN) Phone: 206-263-8154 (Seattle & King County) or 317-221-3362 … facility and jurisdictional level. Volume of patient visits and the severity of the missing variable to analytic … that can be provided to address the problem: Unique visit ID, Visit Date, Chief Complaint, Facility ID, Age, … -
Special Event Data
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Problem Summary A truncated historical dataset is provided from one or more subregions with multiple participating hospitals with enough variety in the patient volume and demographics to make the problem challenging and to generate alerting… read more… or affiliation: Florida Dept. of Health Phone: Email: david.atrubin@flhealth.gov … truncated dataset consist of date and time of visit, patient residence zip code, and consistent … Minimum data elements: date and time of visit, patient residence zip code, and consistent … -
Extreme Weather Surveillance
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Problem Summary Given the background of climate change, there is an increasing demand for public health to characterize weather-related illness. The public health impact of extreme heat or cold events can be characterized from Emergency… read more… by Knowlton looked specifically at emergency department visits during the 2006 California heat wave and found a significant increase in ED visits but not hospitalizations. Stratifying by region, age … and nephritis. Patterns that were distinct for ED visits included electrolyte imbalance in the youngest age … -
Asyndromic Cluster Detection Use Case
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Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Surveillance: Asyndromic Cluster Detection consultancy held June 9-10, 2015 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Problem Summary A syndrome cannot be created to… read more… cluster_detection_solution_for_unclassfied_visit_records.pdf View the Consultancy documents associated … Lab to detect clusters of interest based solely on visit counts (no syndromes) (Li et al, 2013). TOA detects … the line listing data reveal any commonalities among the visits that might be of public health significance. This can … -
Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests
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Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more… New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Phone: (347) 396-2679 Email: sgreene4@health.nyc.gov … to the CC/discharge diagnosis fields affect how an ED visit is defined. If the change is substantial, using a … -
Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling
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Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia. Problem Summary New efforts are underway to design and… read more… or affiliation: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center Phone: 301-319-2227 Email: jean.chretien.mil@mail.mil …