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  • Another Type of Cluster Monitoring: Detection of Groups of Anomalous Patient Residence Locations

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics to detect disease outbreaks and other health-related events earlier than other forms of surveillance. Although… read more
    … by ICD-9 code and chart review), date and location of visit and patients’ zip code of residence. We also accessed … study. Am J Crit Care. 2003;12:234�8. *Aaron Wendelboe E-mail: aaron-wendelboe@ouhsc.edu (page number not for …
  • Preventing blindness due to diabetic retinopathy in India: Need for a paradigm shift

    Content Type: Webinar

    Estimates suggest that there are 65 million persons living with diabetes in India and 6 million are at risk of going blind due to retinopathy. Recent studies highlight that 45% persons with diabetes are already blind when they present to an eye care… read more
    … factors"to"reduce"risk"of"complica2ons" •  Very"few"visit"an"ophthalmologist"when"referred" 12" … •  20%"advise"re2na"examina2on"rou2nely"at"first" visit" •  45%"stated"that"they"could"not"access"eye"data"of" …
  • Approaches to Syndromic Case Definitions for Drug Overdose Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    This focus of this webinar is to describe different syndromic surveillance approaches to drug overdose surveillance. Presenters will share how their case definitions were developed, stakeholders involved, intended audience and uses, as well as… read more
    … "  ED syndromic rapid data collection "  26 ED visits for every one OPR death !  Identify drug … the frequency of words appearing in drug overdose ED visits "  ED visits identified and uniquely identified by … substance abuse Case Definitions !  Any drug-related ED visit "  Drug overdose "  Substance abuse "  Drug not …
  • The Big Picture: Using Antibiotic Use and Surveillance Data to Better Inform Stewardship in Healthcare Settings

    Content Type: Webinar

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that antibiotic-resistant infections affect 2 million people and cause 23,000 deaths annually in the United States. It is well documented that the primary driver of antibiotic resistance… read more
    … and anaphylaxis � 1 in 1000 antibiotics lead to ED visit for an adverse event Physician Perception of Patient … effective • In one study, tool was used in 6% of eligible visits � Alert fatigue is a problem McGinn JAMA Intern Med …
  • Defining Clinical Condition Categories for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The goal of this project is to create a set of clinical condition categories based on explicit criteria for use in biosurveillance programs. The categories will be defined and keywords and ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for implementation will be proposed.
    … nationally notifiable infectious diseases; 3) reasons for visit from CDC’s Hurricane Morbidity Report Form for Active …
  • Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Cross-border Data Sharing

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the fall of 2006, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) proactively began general discussions regarding surveillance issues of mutual interest. Both states, having operational… read more
    … gender, patient home zip code, admitted date and time, visit number, and free- text chief complaint. Approximately …
  • An Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System for Meningitis and Encephalitis, Maricopa County, AZ 2004

    Content Type: Abstract

    We developed, implemented and evaluated Meningitis and Encephalitis (M/E) syndrome case definitions based on electronic Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data; and assessed their ability to detect aberrations that correspond with M/E… read more
    … for 570 (70%) of these cases. Abstracted data included ED visit date and time, age, gender, chief complaint and …
  • Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document

    Content Type: References

    This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more
    … new field involving the passive collection of healthcare visits in a way that is timely. This passive collection is … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits in near-real time and aid in situational awareness … and modify as necessary. Try to think about how a visit for your condition of interest may be unique. Consider …