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  • Improvement in Performance of Ngram Classifiers with Frequent Updates

    Content Type: Abstract

      Syndromic surveillance of emergency department(ED) visit data is often based on computerized classifiers which assign patient chief complaints (CC) tosyndromes. These classifiers may need to be updatedperiodically to account for changes… read more
    …   Syndromic surveillance of emergency department(ED) visit data is often based on computerized classifiers which … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computerized classi- fiers …   Syndromic surveillance of emergency department(ED) visit data is often based on computerized classifiers which …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more
    … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … of SyS as a surveillance tool. The barriers to ED visit data sharing in region 4 included: the data being …
  • Characterization of communicable disease epidemics using bayesian inversion

    Content Type: Abstract

    The evolution of a communicable disease in a human population is not entirely predictable. However, the spreading process can be assumed to vary smoothly in time. The time-dependent infection process can be linked to observations of… read more
    … the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … data, the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … for use with biosurveillance data, by adding a model for visit delay. The model is also augmented, for use in …
  • The Performance of a NGram Classifier for Patients' Chief Complaint Based on a Computerized Pick List Entry and Free Text in an Italian Emergency Department

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) and ICD code data to syndromes. The triage nurse note (NN) has also been used for… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which …
  • Homelessness - Washington State Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    The following syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. Trends over time, patient demographics, geographic distribution, and primary reasons for seeking care were explored.… read more
    … syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. … definition. (Z590 OR Z59.0 OR HOMELESS OR NO HOUSING OR LACK OF HOUSING OR WITHOUT HOUSING OR SHELTER) ANDNOT(ANIMAL … ]Z590^,OR,^[;/ ]Z59.0^,OR,^HOMELESS^,OR,^NO HOUSING^,OR,^LACK OF HOUSING^,OR,^WITHOUT …
  • In data we trust? An evaluation of the quality of influenza hospital admissions data gathered by automated versus manual reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Washington Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS) has collected discharge data from billing systems for every inpatient admitted to every hospital in the state since 1987 [1]. The purpose of the system is to provide data for… read more
    … patient was intubated or was in the ICU, and a patient/visit key. Hospitals transmit data daily for visits that … the patient was intubated or was in the ICU and a patient/visit key. Hospitals transmit data daily for visits that … patient was intubated or was in the ICU, and a patient/visit key. Hospitals transmit data daily for visits that …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text field analogous to the Chief … type of data not previously available is the reason for visit (ROV), a free- text field analogous to the CC. Intake … type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text field analogous to the Chief …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 2+

    Content Type: Report

    A planning team that included staff from ISDS, ASTHO, and Charlie Ishikawa of Ishikawa Associates, LLC created and implemented the HHS Region 2+ workshop. Charlie led the workshop facilitation and design of workshop artifacts. The workshop… read more
    … participants developed and shared analyses of CO ED visit trends during 10/29/2012 thru 11/26/2012 according … participants developed and shared analyses of CO ED visit trends between 10/29/2012 and 11/26/2012. Participants … 2+ included: legal issues, concerns about data quality, lack of infrastructure, need for methods that would make …