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  • Using Scan Statistic to Detect Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data

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    Early detection of heroin overdose clusters is important in the current battle against the opioid crisis to effectively implement prevention and control measures. The New York State syndromic surveillance system collects hospital emergency… read more
    … system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and patient zip code. This data … system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and … Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data …
  • Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments

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    Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and uninsured, the cost burden of these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in EDs [1]. Of particular interest to NC state public health… read more
    … Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and … Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and …
  • Beyond Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data

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    Violence-related injuries are a major source of morbidity and mortality in NC. From 2005-2014, suicide and homicide ranked as NC's 11th and 16th causes of death, respectively. In 2014, there were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due… read more
    … violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data …
  • SMART Platforms: Building The App Store for Biosurveillance

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    Health care information is a fundamental source of data for biosurveillance, yet configuring EHRs to report relevant data to health departments is technically challenging, labor intensive, and often requires custom solutions for each installation.… read more
    … An alternative approach is to reimagine EHRs as iPhone-like platforms supporting substitutable apps-based … around core services enabling EHRs to function as iPhone-like platforms. 6 views Submitted by uysz on Thu, … An alternative approach is to reimagine EHRs as iPhone-like platforms supporting substitutable apps-based …
  • Paralysis Analysis: Investigating Paralysis Visit Anomalies in New Jersey

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    On July 11, 2012, New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) Communicable Disease Service (CDS) surveillance staff received email notification of a statewide anomaly in EpiCenter for Paralysis. Two additional anomalies followed within three hours. Since… read more
    … Paralysis Analysis: Investigating Paralysis Visit Anomalies in New Jersey …
  • Time of Arrival Analysis in NC DETECT to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records

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    TOA identifies clusters of patients arriving to a hospital ED within a short temporal interval. Past implementations have been restricted to records of patients with a specific type of complaint. The Florida Department of Health uses TOA at the… read more
    … if TOA could be used for identifying clusters of ED visits not filtered by any syndrome or sub-syndrome. In other words, can TOA detect a cluster of ED visits relating to a public health event, even if symptoms … The initial goal is to identify clusters of related ED visits whose keywords, signs and/or symptoms are NOT all …
  • Evaluation of Syndrome Algorithms for Detecting Pneumonia Emergency Department Visits

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    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) uses ED syndromic surveillance to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based on ED chief complaints, and more recently was modified… read more
    … to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based … used to describe pneumonia emergency department (ED) visit trends in New York City (NYC). 6 views Submitted by … to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based …
  • Syndromic Surveillance for Situation Awareness: Understanding Syndrome Performance

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    The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse in Idaho was anticipated to lead to a large influx of visitors in many communities, prompting a widespread effort to assure Idaho was prepared. To support these efforts, the Idaho Syndromic Surveillance… read more
    … syndromic surveillance using emergency department (ED) visit data contributed to the National Syndromic … message containing information on an emergency department visit is sent to ISSp within 24 hours of the visit and includes the chief complaint for the visit. Data …