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  • CDC Stimulant Overdose v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis code for stimulant poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • 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
    … daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … and the use of real data with both syndromic and total visit counts enables this adjustment. Objective We compared … daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of …
  • Alabama Department of Public Health–Syndromic Surveillance Monitoring and Improving Data Quality

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Data latency limited the Alabama Department of Public Health’s (ADPH) ability torecognize and respond quickly to public health threats. Despite ADPH’s request that 95% of syndromic surveillance (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24… read more
    … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, … (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were slow to process and submit data, …
  • Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more
    … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of … ED visits during the first period, terms in 524 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the initial case … ED visits during the second period, terms in 698 ED visit records matched ≥1 search term in the revised case …
  • Comparing and Contrasting Two ESSENCE Syndrome Definition Query Methods

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP) utilizes the ESSENCE v.1.20 program provided by the National Syndromic Surveillance Program to view and analyze Kansas Emergency Department (ED) data. Methods that allow an ESSENCE user to query both… read more
    … consists of the last non-null value for that patient visit ID and the chief complaint parsed is the first non-null chief complaint value for that patient visit ID that is parsed by the ESSENCE platform. For this … of all chief complaint values related to a singular ED visit, and Discharge Diagnosis History is the same concept, …
  • Towards Estimating Childhood Obesity Prevalence Using Electronic Health Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although recent data suggests childhood obesity prevalence has stabilized, an estimated 1 in 3 U.S. children are overweight or obese.1 Further, there is variation by racial and ethnic groups, location, age, and poverty2, resulting in a need for… read more
    … to the population. Additionally, the type of clinical visit (e.g., wellness vs. acute) may affect the prevalence … may be additional selection biases based on the type of visit and whether height and weight was measured and … The current work sought to quantify the effect of visit type on childhood overweight and obesity prevalence …
  • 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
    … (what the patient says is the reason for their visit) and discharge diagnosis codes. Visit information is collected from EDs and urgent care … complaints (what the patient says is the reason for their visit) and discharge diagnosis codes. Visit information is …
  • Analysis of Healthcare Seeking Behavior

    Content Type: Abstract

    Healthcare seeking behavior is important to understand when interpreting public health surveillance data, planning for healthcare utilization, or attempting to estimate or model consequences of an adverse event, such as widespread water… read more
    … it is difficult to develop accurate assumptions due to a lack of published research on this topic. Current conceptual … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to … it is difficult to develop accurate assumptions due to a lack of published research on this topic. Current conceptual …