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  • Evaluation of Case Detection of Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    NSSP, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance system, allows timely detection of emergency department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome criteria [1, 2]. No CDC… read more
    … definition currently exists for marijuana-related visits. Accidental child ingestions and over-consumption of … relative trends and disparities in marijuana-related ED visits. Objective To evaluate methods of measuring … definition currently exists for marijuana-related visits. Accidental child ingestions and over-consumption of …
  • Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables

    Content Type: Abstract

    The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more
    … hospital discharge or death records, monitoring of ED visits is the timeliest and an inexpensive method for … study was to evaluate the relationship between HRI ED visits and weather variables as predictors, in Ohio. … Evaluating the relationship between heat-related ED visits and weather variables Bill Storm* and Brian Fowler …
  • Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense

    Content Type: Abstract

    Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more
    … (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into … but do not quantify the relationship between ILI visits and hospital admissions. Objective The purpose of … between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense AF McIntyre1, L …
  • Surveillance of Overdose-related Emergency Department Visits in Rhode Island

    Content Type: Abstract

    During March-May 2013, 14 overdose deaths occurred in RI that were caused by acetyl fentanyl, a novel synthetic opioid about five times more potent than heroin1. Ten of these deaths were clustered in March, causing a significant increase over… read more
    … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … data retrospectively to characterize overdose related ED visits in RI and to analyze trends. Objective Determine if … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS …
  • Analytic Biosurveillance Methods for Resource-Limited Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Biosurveillance in resource-limited settings is essential because of both enhanced risk of diseases rarely seen elsewhere (e.g. cholera) and pandemic threats (e.g. avian influenza). However, access to care and laboratory test capability are… read more
    … has the added complication that day-of-week clinical visit patterns differ widely, (e.g. clinic closure on … has the added complication that day-of-week clinical visit patterns differ widely, (e.g. clinic closure on …
  • Validation of New Jersey Emergency Department (ED) Registration Data in BioSense 2.0

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense 2.0, a redesigned national syndromic surveillance system, provides users with timely regional and national data classified into disease syndromes, with views of health outcomes and trends for use in situational awareness. As of July 2014,… read more
    … servers occurs twice daily via SFTP. The average daily visit volume in the transfer is around 10,000 records. This … servers occurs twice daily via SFTP. The average daily visit volume in the transfer is around 10,000 records. This …
  • 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 …
  • Disaster-related Mental Health v1 - Syndrome Definition Subcommittee

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Why was the syndrome created? This is a Syndrome Definition (SD) Subcommittee community-developed syndrome definition for mental health conditions likely to increase in emergency department frequency during and after natural or… read more
    … conditions and presentations that showed increases in visit frequency after select disasters in the United States. … Chief Complaint terms contained in these ICD10-positive visits. Other Chief Complaint terms were identified from … unspecified” was not included due to the large volume of visits with this diagnosis code. The query has been added to …