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  • Comparing Syndromic Data to Discharge Data to Measure Opioid Overdose Emergency Department Visits

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    Timely and accurate measurement of overdose morbidity using emergency department (ED) data is necessary to inform an effective public health response given the dynamic nature of opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. However, from… read more
    … syndromic surveillance (SyS) systems, while others may have access to more complete, but slower emergency … present overdose morbidity using ED data. These choices may affect the number, timeliness, and accuracy of the cases … Data to Measure Opioid Overdose Emergency Department Visits …
  • Trend of Hospital Readmissions, Mortality, ER Visits and Observation Room Stays in Clostridium difficile Infection Cases in Medicare Advantage Population

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    Clostridium difficile (CD) is an important cause of antibiotic and hospital-associated infection. This preventable infection also plays a major role in hospital readmissions, mostly in the elderly, leading to the CMS implementing rules to penalize… read more
    … trends in readmissions, mortality, emergency room(ER) visits and observation room(OR) stays from 2008-2011. … trends in readmissions, mortality, emergency room(ER) visits and observation room(OR) stays from 2008-2011. … …
  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

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    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
    … of data should be submitted within 24 hours from time of visit, for near real time results. The slow data processing … report to assess the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits that mentioned heroin in the chief complaint (CC), … of data should be submitted within 24 hours from time of visit, for near real time results. The slow data processing …
  • Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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    CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more
    … for CO poisoning. … Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning …
  • Emergency Department Chief Complaint Versus Discharge Diagnosis for Tracking Disease Measures

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    ESSENCE is a web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH to detect and track outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, public health emergencies, and biological threats. ESSENCE ED chief complaint data is collected daily from 47… read more
    … text field that lists the patient’s reason for the ED visit upon arrival at the hospital. Chief complaint data may be comprehensive or abbreviated and may include a single reason or multiple reasons for the ED visit. Medical history may be included in chief complaint …
  • Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data

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    Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more
    … recommended the use of real-time data from hospital ED visits. The collection and use of real-time ED visit data on … this investigation aimed to monitor ED visits for SI or SA and to identify temporal, demographic, … characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits related to suicidal ideation (SI) or suicidal attempt …
  • Two-stage Approach for Detecting Aberration of Influenza-like Illness

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    Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza and recent H7N9 influenza outbreaks made the public aware of the threat of influenza infection. In fact, annual influenza epidemic caused heavy disease burden and high economic loss around the world [1, 2]. Although the… read more
    … coverage. The real-time monitoring of the ILI clinical visits in the communities could reflect the severity of … based claim data of outpatient and emergency room visit. Submitted by elamb on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 20:43 … … based claim data of outpatient and emergency room visit. … Two-stage Approach for Detecting Aberration of …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems

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    Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more
    … effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. Submitted by …