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  • Hearing Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Hearing Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Vision Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Vision Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Mobility Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Mobility Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Signal Investigation in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the fall of 2001, the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response (BT P&R) Unit initiated a syndromic surveillance system utilizing chief complaint data collected from Emergency Departments throughout Los Angeles County (LAC). Chief complaint data… read more
    … (i.e., Terrorism Early Warning Group, Pro-Med, Epi-X, ESSENCE, BioSense, ReddiNet®, VCMR, Outbreak log, coroner …
  • Using NLP on VA Electronic Medical Records to Facilitate Epidemiologic Case Investigations

    Content Type: Abstract

    A major goal of biosurveillance is the timely detection of an infectious disease outbreak. Once a disease has been identified, another very important goal is to find all known cases of the disease to assist public health… read more
    … the first stage, we used structured data and BioSense and ESSENCE ICD 9 codes on records during the study period …
  • Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours

    Content Type: Abstract

    In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more
    … hours’ impact on ED use. METHODS All 2007 ED visits from ESSENCE for the urban public hospital were analyzed for …
  • Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View

    Content Type: Abstract

    This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more
    … with the “core” syndromic surveillance system (i.e. Essence, BioSense, etc.), and applying/analyzing several …
  • Self-Care and Independent Living Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Self-Care and Independent Living Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …