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  • The utility of inpatient data obtained from regional health information organizations for pneumonia and influenza surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Hospital discharge data received by public health agencies has a reporting lag time of greater than six months. This data is often used retrospectively to conduct surveillance to assess severity of illness and outcome, and for… read more
    … of five acute-care facilities. Methods Inpatient data for visit dates between 1 June and 29 October 2009 were selected … RHIO A data. Patients were matched by facility, date of visit, gender, month and year of birth, and zip code of … applied to the SPARCS diagnoses. Results Reason for visit was 12% complete within one day, 68% within seven …
  • Using the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read more
    … system receives daily, de- identified patient-visit data from 10 hospital emer- gency departments in the … ceived every 24 hours, and the chief complaint for each visit is categorized into non-exclusive syndrome groups. … for statisti- cal aberrations in the number of daily visits using the Early Aberration Reporting System (EARSv3). …
  • Kansas Uses Syndromic Surveillance Data to Educate the Public and Providers about Rabies

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Rabies is caused by a virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. The most common mode of transmission is through the bite of a rabid animal; however, rabies can be transmitted through non-bite exposures (e.g.,… read more
    … For example, if a person is exposed to a bat and visits the emergency department (ED) for rabies PEP—but the … For example, if a person is exposed to a bat and visits the emergency department (ED) for rabies PEP—but the … For example, if a person is exposed to a bat and visits the emergency department (ED) for rabies PEP—but the …
  • BioSense Platform Admin Tool Requirements Discussion

    Content Type: Webinar

    The BioSense Platform features a tool giving site administrators control over how their data are shared. Thanks to a workgroup the BioSense Governance Group convened last year, CDC now has a good idea of what data-sharing capabilities users want in… read more
    … aggregate data across borders !  BioSense provides visit-level access !  Regions need ability to view patients … seen in another state facility (without sharing visit-level data with entire jurisdiction) Fully … •  Functional Requirements Table !  For(more(informa2on,(visit(the( Public(Health(Informa2cs(Ins2tute(website( …
  • Evaluation of the Rhode Island Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RI RODS) System: Disparate Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Rhode Island implemented the Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system, developed in 1999 by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Biomedical Informatics. This system is based on real-time information from… read more
    … the CDCWG work as the gold standard. METHODS 60,715 ED visits were reported to RI RODS in May – August 2006. Each visit was assigned to a CDCWG syndrome based on first-listed … 25.0% for botulism-like to 74.6% for respiratory. Of ED visits with an ICD-9-CM di- agnosis identified by CDCWG, …
  • Data Sharing Among Three States in the BioSense Platform during the 2017 US Solar Eclipse

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2016, the BioSense Platform for national syndromic surveillance made substantial enhancements including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse data sharing needs. On August 21, 2017, a total… read more
    … illness or injury in Emergency Department (ED) visits before, during, and after the eclipse. Objective: … illness or injury in Emergency Department (ED) visits before, during, and after the eclipse. Objective: …
  • Evaluation of Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Injury Case Definitions for Use with NC DETECT

    Content Type: Abstract

    Over the last few decades, the United States has made considerable progress in decreasing the incidence of motor vehicle occupants injured and killed in traffic collisions.1 However, there is still a need for continued motor vehicle crash (MVC)… read more
    … and bicycle crash-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance … and bicycle crash-related emergency department (ED) visits in North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance …
  • Near Real-Time Monitoring of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data During the 2013 Super Bowl and Mardi Gras Events in New Orleans, LA

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify… read more
    … chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify ED visits indicative of specific syndromes. The Infectious … chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify ED visits indicative of specific syndromes. The Infectious …