Displaying results 337 - 344 of 427
-
The NGram CC Classifier: A Novel Method of Automatically Creating CC Classifiers Based on ICD9 Groupings
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more… visits). We used as our ICD9 classifier an existing ESSENCE filter for “lower GI” modified by removing … -
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 … -
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 … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. Self-Care and Independent Living ICD9 N/A ICD10 … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date … -
Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning Disability v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people… read more… to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed: The Association of State and … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date … -
Using Syndromic Data to Examine Flooding
Content Type: Success Stories
Wisconsin experienced severe flooding from August 17 to September 20, 2018. This flood caused an estimated $232 million in damage and affected 21 counties. Floods can have negative health impacts on a population, such as increased skin infections,… read more… used the Early Notification of Community based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a tool within BioSense, to track flood-related … disasters and disease outbreaks are being set up through ESSENCE. There is an effort to get more DHS employees signed … available (not yet explored) • Syndromic Surveillance – ESSENCE – Updated nightly – Rapid surveillance option … -
Babesiosis v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Disease… read more… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: July 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS … -
Anaplasmosis v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: July 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …