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  • Analysis of ED and UCC Visits Related to Synthetic Marijuana in ESSENCE-FL, 2010-2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    Illnesses related to synthetic marijuana use have been reported in many states, including Florida. Because these visits can present with a variety of symptoms, as well as be attributed to numerous diagnosis codes, it can be difficult to identify and… read more
    … reported in many states, including Florida. Because these visits can present with a variety of symptoms, as well as be … or new terms to be searched for within each patient visit. The main source of data for ESSENCE-FL is emergency … reported in many states, including Florida. Because these visits can present with a variety of symptoms, as well as be …
  • Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more
    … problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for … recommended the use of real-time data from hospital ED visits. The collection and use of real-time ED visit data on SI and SA could support a more targeted and …
  • Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis

    Content Type: Abstract

    We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).
    … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … confirmed RV activity and to characterize associated ED visits in NYC. METHODS To estimate incident winter-season …
  • Using Change Point Detection for Monitoring the Quality of Aggregate Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Data consisting of counts or indicators aggregated from multiple sources pose particular problems for data quality monitoring when the users of the aggregate data are blind to the individual sources. This arises when agencies wish to share data but… read more
    … jurisdiction, and for which detailed information on the un-aggregated ‘raw’ data was unavailable. Previous work (2) … jurisdiction, and for which detailed information on the un-aggregated ‘raw’ data was unavailable. Previous work (2) …
  • Proposed ICD–10–CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Report

    National Health Statistics Reports, Number 100, January 23, 2017. Abstract This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to… read more
    … for injury hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for use with administrative data sets coded using the … diagnosis) codes. The inclusion criteria for an injury ED visit requires the case to have either a principal diagnosis … for injury hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for use with administrative data sets coded using the …
  • Oregon ESSENCE: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance

    Content Type: Report

    Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient symptoms using… read more
    … indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for … (what the patient says is the reason for their visit) and discharge diagnosis codes. Visit information is … indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more
    … effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. 4 views Submitted …
  • 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
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but the ICD9 … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A …