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  • Use of Diagnosis Code in Mental Health Syndrome Definition

    Content Type: Abstract

    Between 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders increased substantially. This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress reactions… read more
    … 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders … This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress … disorders) than for substance use disorders (37 percent) visits. This increasing number of ED visits by patients with …
  • Differentiating ZIP Codes in Syndromic Data; What Can They Tell Us?

    Content Type: Abstract

    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) ED syndromic surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as reported by the patient. ZIP code… read more
    … surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as … code information has been used by the DOHMH to separate visits into NYC and nonNYC for analysis; and, a closer …
  • LOINC and SNOMED CT Code Use in Electronic Laboratory Reporting - US, 2011

    Content Type: Abstract

    Monitoring laboratory test reports could aid disease surveillance by adding diagnostic specificity to early warning signals and thus improving the efficiency of public health investigation of detected signals. Laboratory data could also be employed… read more
    … than reporting by other means of communication (e.g., mail, fax, etc.), ELR adoption has been systematically … than reporting by other means of communication (e.g., mail, fax, etc.), ELR adoption has been systematically …
  • Nontraumatic Oral Health Classification for Alternative Use of Syndromic Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Lack of access to regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or managed by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of… read more
    … regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or … by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of classifications from … timely burden estimates of nontraumatic oral health visits for NC EDs. Objective: To develop a nontraumatic oral …
  • Investigating Other Syndrome in ESSENCE from a Data Quality Perspective

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data… read more
    … syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System … complaint, admit reason, and/or diagnosis fields to tag visits to relevant syndromes. Visits that do not have … syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System …
  • Using Syndromic Emergency Department Data to Augment Oral Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Using the chief complaint field from our established syndromic ED system, we developed definitions for potentially preventable oral health visits (OHV) and examined patterns in 2009-2011 data. Under the widest definition, OHV comprised about 1% of… read more
    … definitions for potentially preventable oral health visits (OHV) and examined patterns in 2009-2011 data. Under the widest definition, OHV comprised about 1% of ED visits. Adults ages 18 to 29 had markedly higher OHV than … preventable emergency department (ED) oral health visits (OHV) in New York City (NYC). 2 views Submitted by …
  • Firearm Injury - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared by the community of practice in this forum post: https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1452124 This syndrome… read more
    … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared … to capture acute GSW emergency department and inpatient visits The syndrome is developed in NSSP ESSENCE using Chief … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared …
  • Free-Text Mining to Improve Syndrome Definition Matching Across Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief… read more
    … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more …