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  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … or “out” of the syndrome. It is possible to dichotomize visits “in” or “out” using N-grams by choosing a cut-off … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language …
  • Variation in Visits Classified by GI ICD9 Biosurveillance Sub-Filters as a Function of Age

    Content Type: Abstract

    The CDC recently developed sub-syndromes for classifying disease to enhance syndromic surveillance of natural outbreaks and bioterrorism. They have developed ICD9 classifiers for six GI Illness subsyndromes: Abdominal Pain,… read more
    … infections, and Food poisoning. If the number of visits for sub-syndromes varies significantly by age it may impact the design of outbreak detection methods.   … VARIATION IN VISITS CLASSIFIED BY GI ICD9 BIOSURVEILLANCE SUB-FILTERS AS … visits for sub- syndromes varies significantly by age it may impact the design of outbreak detection methods. …
  • Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?

    Content Type: Abstract

    The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more
    … relationship between Ontarioís emergency department (ED) visits and telephone health line (Telehealth Ontario) call … me_Be_Used_As_A_Proxy_For_Emergency_Department_Respiratory_Visit_Surveillance_By_Public_Health_.pdf Submitted by elamb … relationship between Ontario’s emergency department (ED) visits and telephone health line (Telehealth Ontario) call …
  • Finding Time-of-Arrival Clusters of Exposure-Related Visits to Emergency Departments in Contiguous Hospital Groups

    Content Type: Abstract

    Time-of-arrival (TOA) surveillance methodology consists of identifying clusters of patients arriving to a hospital emergency department (ED) with similar complaints within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently… read more
    … within a short temporal interval. TOA monitoring of ED visit data is currently conducted by the Florida Department … care hospital beds and 32% of all emergency department visits statewide. We present findings from TOA monitoring in … Finding time-of-arrival clusters of exposure-related visits to emergency departments in contiguous hospital …
  • Fever Detection in Clinic Visit Notes Using a General Purpose Processor

    Content Type: Abstract

    With increased penetration of clinical information system products and increased interest in clinical data exchange, a variety of clinician’s notes are becoming available for surveillance. Chief complaints have been studied extensively, and… read more
    … notes have received attention, but narrative clinic visit notes have gotten little attention.   Objective To … to detect fever, and to assess the feasibility of parsing visit notes for syndromic surveillance. Document … Fever Detection in Clinic Visit Notes Using a General Purpose Processor George …
  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.
    … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … a public health emergency. Field surveillance staff visited 26 hospitals to collect data on ED visits and …
  • Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.
    … joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting … Document Combining_Laboratory_Test_Orders_And_Outpatient_Visits_To_Monitor_Respiratory_Illness.pdf Submitted by elamb … Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness Cara H. Olsen, MS, …
  • School-Related Visits - CSTE Environmental Health in School Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Most children spend a significant portion of their time in daycare or at school. CSTE's Environmental Health in School workgroup identified these days/hours as a setting for possible "occupational" exposures. The CSTE EH in School Workgroup created… read more
    … note query for "school-related" emergency department (ED) visits using ESSENCE. Search Terms: “in school” or “at … Identifying School-Related Syndromic Surveillance Visits Collaborators Melissa Jordan (Florida Department of … 5. Right 6. Daycare 7. Left 8. Fell 9. Head 10. States 26 Visits by Ages 0-17 Top Syndromes / Subsyndromes 95.3% …