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  • Detecting Unanticipated Increases in Emergency Department Chief Complaint Keywords

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    The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its current use for syndromic surveillance is limited to a fixed set of syndromes that are routine, suspected, expected, or discovered by chance. In addition to syndromes that are routinely… read more
    … The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its … of data for a few EDs an increase in certain words in the CC field (e.g., 'METHADONE', 'DIALYSIS', and 'OXYGEN') that … a simple data-driven method that routinely scans the CC field for increases in word frequency that might trigger …
  • Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Land Use Variation on Microbial Transport Using Watershed Scale-modeling

    Content Type: Abstract

    The scientific community accepts that global climate change (CC) will affect the dispersion of microbial organisms in the environment. Risks posed by the transport of these organisms to future communities may be very different than those posed today… read more
    … scientific community accepts that global climate change (CC) will affect the dispersion of microbial organisms in the … microbial fate and transport renders the assessment of CC effects on waterborne pathogens complex and difficult to … scientific community accepts that global climate change (CC) will affect the dispersion of microbial organisms in the …
  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The public health problem identified by Alabama Department of Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (AlaSyS) was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … in ESSENCE were not reliable for up to a week after the visit date due to slow processing, server downtime, and … report to assess the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits that mentioned heroin in the chief complaint (CC), depending on the status of the data coming from the …
  • Customizing ESSENCE Queries for Select Mental Health Sub-indicators

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems, although initially developed in response to bioterrorist threats, are increasingly being used at the local, state, and national level to support early identification of infectious disease and other emerging threats to… read more
    … queries to meet local needs, especially monitoring ED visits in near-real time during public health emergencies, … data source with access to chief complaint (CC) and discharge diagnoses (DD) from reporting sites, was designed for testing new queries. Objective : …
  • Synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018

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    Maryland utilizes ESSENCE for identification of emerging public health threats, including non-fatal overdoses. Synthetic cannabinoids are heterogeneous psychoactive compounds identified as substances of abuse [1]. In March 2018, the Illinois… read more
    … free text query to track synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits. Assess trends in synthetic cannabinoid use from … free text query to track synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits. Assess trends in synthetic cannabinoid use from … Synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018 …
  • Effectiveness of Using a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis Query in ESSENCE-FL to Identify Possible Tuberculosis Patients and Contacts in Hillsborough County, Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is a web-based application for use by public health professionals within the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). The main source of… read more
    … by the hospital which includes patient chief complaint (CC) and discharge diagnosis (DD). These fields can be … by the hospital which includes patient chief complaint (CC) and discharge diagnosis (DD). These fields can be …
  • Towards Obesity Surveillance Using Multifaceted Online Social Relational Factors in Reddit

    Content Type: Abstract

    Overweight and obesity are recognized as one of the greatest modern public health problems1, yet worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled over the past 30 years2. As part of a strategy to control the obesity pandemic, the WHO recommends an… read more
    … like connecting with individuals via social network sites7. Like face to face interactions, studies have … changes8. Previous studies examining social networking sites typically examine a few selected social networking sites (example studies9,10), although individuals could be …
  • Electronic School Absenteeism System for Multiple Disease Surveillance in Hong Kong

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance systems utilizing early indicator of disease activity would be useful for monitoring community disease pattern and facilitating timely decision making on public health interventions in an evidence-based manner. School absenteeism has… read more
    … using automatically captured data employing smart card technology. Objective We examined the utility of an … using automatically captured data employing smart card technology. Objective We examined the utility of an …