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Using influenza rapid test positivity as an early indicator for the onset of seasonal influenza
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Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality, with attendant costs of roughly $10 billion for treatment and up to $77 billion in indirect costs annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts annual influenza… read more… were those who: (1) had a measured temperature at the visit of at least 100F, and (2) had a ‘reason for visit’ field that contained either cough or sore throat. … -
Use of Epidemiological Knowledge to Create Syndromic Surveillance Reports
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Syndromic surveillance is an investigational approach used to monitor trends of illness in communities. It relies on pre-diagnostic health data rather than laboratory-confirmed clinical diagnoses. Its primary purpose is to detect… read more… race/ethnicity, resident zip code, hospital, time of visit and chief complaint whereas bioterrorism-associated … file include patient age, sex, chief complaint, time of visit, race/ethnicity, discharge disposition (e.g. admitted, … -
Syndromic Surveillance Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Data from Hospital and Ambulatory Settings: An Annotated Bibliography
Content Type: References
This annotated bibliography summarizes close to 50 articles on syndromic surveillance using EHR data from hospital and ambulatory settings. The bibliography is a valuable resource for both practitioners and researchers as they continue to assess the… read more… calls network, Bordeaux, France. 28.Comparison of Office Visit and Nurse Advice Hotline Data for Syndromic … M/E outbreaks • Data extracted from records: • ED visit date/time • Age • Gender • Chief complaint • Discharge … -
Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts
Content Type: Webinar
On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more… – Poison Control Calls – Health Centers – Urgent Care Visit Volume – Sentinel sites (as needed) Notifiable … – Poison Control Calls – Health Centers – Urgent Care Visit Volume – Sentinel sites (as needed) … Reason'for'Visit’'or'‘Respiratory'+'Measured'Temp'>'99.9˚F.’'' … -
Asthma patterns in Boston emergency department visits for children age five and under
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The burden of asthma on the youngest children in Boston is largely characterized through hospitalizations and self-report surveys. Hospitalization rates are highest in Black and Hispanic populations under age five. A study of… read more… as likely to present to an ED for an asthma syndrome visit compared with White children (odds ratio (OR)!1.84 … than White children to present at an ED for an asthma visit. Males accounted for 64% of all asthma syndrome visits … -
Onboarding - Oregon Experience
Content Type: Presentation Slides
From the BioSense 2.0 Onboarding Workgroup meeting, November 5, 2014 Presenter Laurel Boyd Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Public Health Division Oregon Health Authority read more… variables in EHRs • Chief complaint • Reason for visit • Registration note • Stated complaint – Frequency … • Sending identified patient info • Sending all visit info across a health system Wrong information • … -
Data Quality
Content Type: Use Case
Problem Summary Data collection across a growing stream of contributing facilities and variables requires automated, consistent, and efficient monitoring of quality. Epidemiologists tasked with analyzing syndromic data need to be confident in the… read more… that can be provided to address the problem: Unique visit ID, Visit Date, Chief Complaint, Facility ID, Age, Gender, … -
Urgent Care Data...should we collect, how, and why?
Content Type: Webinar
More and more patients frequent Urgent Care facilites. In this webinar, we will discuss how NSSP jurisdictions collect it, how is it formatted, and what have they learned; what's the best way to capture and share this information; and why should we… read more… when an hospital system uses one product for multiple visit types Fields not mapped System/local resource issues … based on syndromic data UC visits may take more finesse Lack of IP contact can exacerbate nurse workload * Why …