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  • Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … and specificity of the Ngram CC classifier for individual visits using a ROC curve analysis. Points on the ROC curve … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome Philip Brown¹, Sylvia …
  • Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-like Illness and Antiviral Medication Transactions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure,… read more
    … medication transactions and emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and the relationship … Trends in emergency department visits for influenza-like illness and antiviral medication … medication transactions and emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and the relationship …
  • Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to the BioSense System, 2006-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    Biosurveillance systems typically receive free- text chief complaint and coded diagnosis data, however this data has limited specificity for notifiable disease surveillance. The Biosense System receives chief complaint and/or diagnosis data from… read more
    … a Category B bioterrorist agent. Objective To describe visits reported from BioSense hospitals with non-typhoidal … Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to … Health Informatics, Atlanta, GA Objective To describe visits reported from BioSense hospitals with non-typhoidal …
  • School Disease Transmission: Has the time come for coordination between monitors and modelers?

    Content Type: Webinar

    Guoyan Zhang and Anthony Llau, Miami-Dade County Health Department, have been instrumental in developing the School-Based Absentee Surveillance System (SBASS), which uses school absentee data to identify outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance.… read more
    … to identify outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance. Gail Potter focuses on developing analytical methodology to … for coordination will be discussed. Panelists Gail Potter, PhD,  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center … Contact Network to Understand Influenza Transmission Gail E. Potter Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center …
  • Introduction to NEMSIS and Its Potential Uses in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    The US 9-1-1 and emergency medical services (EMS) systems provide critical, time sensitive care to millions of patients every year. While EMS typically provides medical care to one patient at a time, data from EMS patient records and 9-1-1 calls can… read more
    … in October 2011. For more information on NEMSIS, please visit nemsis.org. Presenters: Clay Mann, PhD MS Principle … in October 2011. For more information on NEMSIS, please visit nemsis.org. Presenters: Clay Mann, PhD MS Principle …
  • Two Unique Syndromic Surveillance Systems: State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest”

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) uses Health Monitoring Systems’ EpiCenter to collect, manage, and analyze real-time emergency department (ED) data acquired from acute care hospitals and satellite EDs. NJDOH integrates these data into a… read more
    … expert identified a spike in the NJDOH’s hospital ED “Visits of Interest” category based on chief complaint and … team that NSSP ESSENCE identified an uptick in ED “Visits of Interest.” NJDOH’s data analyst assessed the … State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest” The New Jersey Department of Health …
  • Getting Started with BioSense 2.0

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation provides an overview of how to get started using the BioSense 2.0 platform, including registering for an account, displaying syndromes, running queries, creating and editing maps, saving and sharing views. PDFs, and dashboards, and… read more
    … PDFs, and dashboards, and setting up your account alerts, email and passwords. Document Quick_Start_Guide_Small.pdf … BioSense How  do  I  save  a  view  (for  sharing  via  email,  setting  alerts,   statistical  analysis,  etc.)?   … How  do  I  set  up  alerts  to  be  sent  to  my  email?   How  do  I  modify  or  delete  alerts?   …
  • The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more
    … system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the … ICD9 code for influenza. It is unknown whether patient visits that meet these restrictive criteria are sufficiently … the influenza sub-syndrome to assess the frequency of visits and the agreement between the CC, ICD9 code and chart …