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  • Exploring the Value of Learned Representations for Automated Syndromic Definitions

    Content Type: Abstract

    Comprehensive medical syndrome definitions are critical for outbreak investigation, disease trend monitoring, and public health surveillance. However, because current definitions are based on keyword string-matching, they may miss important… read more
    … of these ICD codes found in emergency department (ED) visit records. The resulting representations capture … of these ICD codes found in emergency department (ED) visit records. The resulting representations capture …
  • Utility of Natural Language Processing for Clinical Quality Measures Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    Clinical quality measures (CQMs) are tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services. Measuring and reporting CQMs helps to ensure that our health care system is delivering effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered,… read more
    … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or … percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received (or …
  • Tracking Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Missouri: Trends and the ICD-CM Transition

    Content Type: Abstract

    Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rates have tripled for Missouri residents in the past three years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the womb. NAS has significant immediate… read more
    … PAS records contain extensive information about the visit, patient, and diagnosis. When examining 2015 annual … percentage change of opioid misuse emergency department visits (as defined by MODHSS) for Missouri women age 18-44 … PAS records contain extensive information about the visit, patient, and diagnosis. When examining 2015 annual …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more
    … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … participants developed and shared analyses of asthma ED visit trends between August 3, 2014 and January 31, 2015. … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for asthma during the 2014 Enterovirus D68 outbreak …
  • 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
    … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to … Control Center (PCC) calls and Emergency Department (ED) visit records. These analyses were conducted in order to …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more
    … surveillance data was conducted to examine whether ED visits changed among metropolitan Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), … of Ebola virus was confirmed (the “event”). Visits and visit rates by chief complaint before and after the event … Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola Public Health Problem The first …
  • Informing Public Health Prevention in NC Using Falls Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Falls are a leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injury in NC. As the size of the older adult population is predicted to increase over the next few decades, it is likely that the incidence of falls-related morbidity and mortality will increase in… read more
    … hospital discharge, and emergency department (ED) visit data, to inform falls prevention activities in North … hospital discharge, and emergency department (ED) visit data, to inform falls prevention activities in North …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 2+

    Content Type: Report

    A planning team that included staff from ISDS, ASTHO, and Charlie Ishikawa of Ishikawa Associates, LLC created and implemented the HHS Region 2+ workshop. Charlie led the workshop facilitation and design of workshop artifacts. The workshop… read more
    … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) during Super … participants developed and shared analyses of CO ED visit trends during 10/29/2012 thru 11/26/2012 according … selected syndromic surveillance of emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning (CO) during Super …