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A Biosurveillance-driven Home Score to Guide Strep Pharyngitis Treatment
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GAS pharyngitis affects hundreds of millions of individuals globally each year, and over 12 million seek care in the United States annually for sore throat. Clinicians cannot differentiate GAS from other causes of acute pharyngitis based on the… read more… identify very-low risk patients prior to an ambulatory visit could reduce low-yield, unnecessary visits for a most common outpatient condition. We recently … A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis before a health care visit based only on history and real-time local … -
Comparing and Contrasting Two ESSENCE Syndrome Definition Query Methods
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The Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP) utilizes the ESSENCE v.1.20 program provided by the National Syndromic Surveillance Program to view and analyze Kansas Emergency Department (ED) data. Methods that allow an ESSENCE user to query both… read more… consists of the last non-null value for that patient visit ID and the chief complaint parsed is the first non-null chief complaint value for that patient visit ID that is parsed by the ESSENCE platform. For this … of all chief complaint values related to a singular ED visit, and Discharge Diagnosis History is the same concept, … -
A Survey of Data Recording Procedures at New York City Emergency Departments
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Data is collected daily by the DOHMH from 49 of the 52 NYC EDs, representing approximately 95% of all ED visits in NYC. Variability in data fields between and within EDs has been noticed for some time. Differences in chief complaint (CC)… read more… the 52 NYC EDs, representing approximately 95% of all ED visits in NYC. Variability in data fields between and within … on the DOHMH’s ability to consistently categorize ED visits into syndrome groupings, which may alter how … hospital based emergency department (ED) survey and site visit project conducted by the New York City (NYC) … -
Shelter Health Surveillance
Content Type: Success Stories
During the 2017 Houston floods Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed evaluations, but learned it was a very common thing for people to refuse treatment for a variety of… read more… Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed … Lauren Leining worked with the the American Red Cross to visit each disaster victim in a shelter to do bed … -
Opioid Misuse in Missouri: Analyzing Emergency Department Use in Urban/Rural Areas
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Like many other states in the U.S., Missouri has experienced large increases in opioid abuse resulting in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. Louis and Kansas City and a few… read more… resulting in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, … centers throughout the state. PAS includes data from ED visits including information on diagnoses, patient demographics, and other information about the visit. MODHSS also participates in the Enhanced State … -
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties
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CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in disaster and post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages most likely occur (1, 2). The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from… read more… NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from 140 NYS (excluding New York … between power outage and the numbers of CO-related ED visits (CO-EDs). 4 views Submitted by Magou on Mon, … NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from 140 NYS (excluding New York … -
Evaluation of DoD Syndrome Mapping and Baseline for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM Transition
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The Department of Defense conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. Providers within the MHS assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are… read more… conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. … assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are grouped into syndrome and … conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. … -
COPD-Related ED Visits in North Carolina: Hospitalizations and Return Visits
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COPD is a prevalent chronic disease among older adults; exacerbations often result in ED visits and subsequent hospital admissions. A portion of such patients return to the ED within a few days or weeks. In this study, we investigated patterns… read more… among older adults; exacerbations often result in ED visits and subsequent hospital admissions. A portion of such … patterns of hospital admissions and short-term return visits resulting from COPD-related ED visits. Objective To … among older adults; exacerbations often result in ED visits and subsequent hospital admissions. A portion of such …