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Finding Chances to Intervene Before the Fatal Overdose: Linking ED and Mortality Data
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In 2017, 951 Missouri residents died from an opioid overdose, a record number for the state.1 This continues the trend from 2016, which saw an increase of over 30% in opioid overdose deaths compared to 2015. The Missouri Department of Health and… read more… data, diagnoses codes, procedures codes, and other visit information. Records can have up to 23 diagnosis … The first diagnosis field is the primary reason for a visit. Objective: Link emergency department (ED) with death … data, diagnoses codes, procedures codes, and other visit information. Records can have up to 23 diagnosis … -
Optimization of Linkage between North Carolina EMS and ED Data: EMS Naloxone Cases
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The opioid overdose crisis has rapidly expanded in North Carolina (NC), paralleling the epidemic across the United States. The number of opioid overdose deaths in NC has increased by nearly 40% each year since 2015.1 Critical to preventing overdose… read more… with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these … administration in 2017 were successfully linked to an ED visit record. This study explored methods to improve EMS and … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these … -
Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities
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Since October 2004, the Indiana State Health Department and the Marion County Health Department have been developing and using a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency department admission data. The system … read more… receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department (ED) visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … reducing the need for the public health nurse to conduct follow-up with a hospital nurse. Carbon monoxide exposure … -
Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health
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Community health assessments are a foundation of public health practice and a prerequisite to achieving public health accreditation. Best practice dictates that CHAs must incorporate qualitative and quantitative data and utilize a number of… read more… Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … entities will become standard. Analysis of emergency room visit data, either in aggregate or by specific syndromes, … Syndromic surveillance messages, typically emergency room visit records, contain sub-county level data on patient … -
School Health: A Novel School Nurse Clinic Surveillance Project in Coastal Georgia
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The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Georgia Department of Public Health collects chief complaint data from hospitals to characterize health trends in near real time. These data were critical for situational awareness during the 2009 H1N1… read more… demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include using clinic visit data to identify opportunities for health … demonstrate the feasibility of schoolbased nurse clinic visit syndromic surveillance. Additional objectives include … -
CDC Stimulant v2
Content Type: Syndrome
THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC STIMULANT OVERDOSE V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE.… read more… indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … area^,or,^crack cast^,or,^back crack^,or,^crack of^,or,^crack … case^,or,^case of coke^,or,(,^rum^,and,^coke^,),or,^jack and coke^,or,^coke tea^,or,^coffee coke^,or,^delirium … -
Approach to Onboarding Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Into a Syndromic Surveillance System
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Syndromic surveillance has become an integral component of public health surveillance efforts within the state of Florida. The near real-time nature of these data are critical during events such as the Zika virus outbreak in Florida in 2016 and in… read more… systems typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from non-traditional sources: urgent care center visit data, mortality data, reportable disease data, and … systems typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from … -
Evaluating the Performance of a Spatial Scan Statistic Using Simulated Outbreak Characteristics
Content Type: Abstract
Research evaluating the use of spatial data for surveillance purposes is ongoing and evolving. As spatial methods evolve, it is important to characterize their effectiveness in real-world settings. Assessing the performance of… read more… outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a … on injecting synthetic outbreak data (signal) into actual back- ground visit data.1,2,3 These studies focused on either temporal … outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a …