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  • Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use … ID and earliest date in the record to identify a unique visit. If the earliest dates in records with the same … of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use …
  • Development and Application of Syndromic Surveillance for Severe Weather Events Following Hurricane Sandy

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Following Hurricane Superstorm Sandy, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) developed indicators to enhance syndromic surveillance for extreme weather events in EpiCenter, an online system that collects and analyzes… read more
    … emergency department (ED) data and classifies each visit by indicator or syndrome. Tsai Stella Hamby Teresa Chu … emergency department (ED) data and classifies each visit by indicator or syndrome. …
  • Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more
    … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of … ED visits during the first period, terms in 524 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the initial case … ED visits during the second period, terms in 698 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the revised case …
  • Analysis of Healthcare Seeking Behavior

    Content Type: Abstract

    Healthcare seeking behavior is important to understand when interpreting public health surveillance data, planning for healthcare utilization, or attempting to estimate or model consequences of an adverse event, such as widespread water… read more
    … it is difficult to develop accurate assumptions due to a lack of published research on this topic. Current conceptual … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to …
  • 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 …
  • Monitoring for Local Transmission of Zika Virus using Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The first travel-associated cases of Zika virus infection in New York City (NYC) were identified in January 2016. Local transmission of Zika virus from imported cases is possible due to presence of Aedes albopictus mosquitos. Timely detection of… read more
    … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and …
  • Monitoring child mental health related emergency department visits in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    From 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. During this period, mental health-related hospitalizations among NYC children increased nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-… read more
    … syndromic system with those from a less timely, coded ED visit database.  Objective To assess the use of syndromic … syndromic system with those from a less timely, coded ED visit database.  Objective To assess the use of syndromic …