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Hypothermia/Cold Exposure - Idaho Division of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
This query is used to assess trends in hypothermia or cold exposure in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The query captures cold exposure, hypothermia, and frost bite using chief complaint, triage note, and discharge diagnosis code (ICD-… read more -
Implementation of a Facility Based County Surveillance System Using Epi Info
Content Type: Abstract
Surveillance in nursing homes (Enserink et al., 2011) and day care facilities (Enserink et al., 2012) has been conducted in the Netherlands, but is not commonly practiced in the United States (Buehler et al., 2008). Outbreaks of illnesses within… read more… Program, however a small fraction of outbreaks reported come from LTCFs. Without regular communication between LTCFs … Program, however a small fraction of outbreaks reported come from LTCFs. Without regular communication between LTCFs … -
Exploring the Value of Learned Representations for Automated Syndromic Definitions
Content Type: Abstract
Comprehensive medical syndrome definitions are critical for outbreak investigation, disease trend monitoring, and public health surveillance. However, because current definitions are based on keyword string-matching, they may miss important… read more… representations capture information about disease co-occurrence that would typically require SME involvement … representations capture information about disease co-occurrence that would typically require SME involvement … -
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… We hypothesized that chief complaint and diagnosis code co-occurrence among ED visits to facilities with long chief … We hypothesized that chief complaint and diagnosis code co-occurrence among ED visits to facilities with long chief … -
Issue Brief: Mandatory Drug Stewardship Programs
Content Type: References
Unused, expired and leftover medicines that accumulate in homes represent a significant public health problem by increasing the risk of drug misuse and preventable poisonings. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 75% … read more… compounds. Trash disposal of unwanted medicines cam also pose a significant risk to the environment and the … compounds. Trash disposal of unwanted medicines cam also pose a significant risk to the environment and the …