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  • Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?

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    A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to improve the performance… read more
    … that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits.1 Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that an ARI surveillance system that focused on urgent visits would outperform one that monitored all outpatient … respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas? H Zheng1,2, T …
  • Using Sydromic Surveillance to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) investigated the feasibility of using syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. E-cigarettes have been associated with injuries and… read more
    … syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits …
  • Using State and National Surveillance Systems during World Equestrian Games in NC

    Content Type: Abstract

    North Carolina hosted the 2018 FEI WEG in Polk County at the Tryon Equestrian Center in September 2018. Polk County, located in the Mountain region of Western North Carolina, is home to 20,357 people, and the population is widely distributed. Event… read more
    … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking … expected approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people to visit the area, with 800 horses from 71 countries taking …
  • Using Health Information Exchange to Improve Use of Prescription Monitoring Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Washington State experienced a five-fold increase in deaths from unintentional drug overdoses between 1998 and 2014. The PMP collects data on controlled substances prescribed to patients and makes the data available to healthcare providers, giving… read more
    … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between … emergency departments statewide to track patients who visit multiple EDs. We also developed a connection between …
  • Google Flu Trends: Spatial Correlation with Influenza Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    GFT is a surveillance tool that gathers data on local internet searches to estimate the emergence of influenza-like illness in a given geographic location in real time.3 Previously, GFT has been proven to strongly correlate with influenza incidence… read more
    … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   8 views … of influenza and pneumonia emergency department (ED) visits across multiple United States cities.   … Spatial Correlation with Influenza Emergency Department Visits …
  • Success in Revitalizing Weekly Disease Surveillance System in Zimbabwe Using Cell-phone Mediated Data Transmission, 2009-2013

    Content Type: Abstract

    The importance of providing information on epidemic prone diseases in a timely and complete manner cannot be over-emphasized. In many countries WDSS form a core component of national health system notification and response plans. Countries are… read more
    … Weekly Disease Surveillance System in Zimbabwe Using Cell-phone Mediated Data Transmission, 2009-2013 …
  • Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … and specificity of the Ngram CC classifier for individual visits using a ROC curve analysis. Points on the ROC curve … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome Philip Brown¹, Sylvia …
  • Evaluation of ESSENCE Syndromic Definitions for ED Visits Related to Falls in Icy Weather

    Content Type: Abstract

    Icy weather events increase the risk for injury from falls on untreated or inadequately treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and economic impact1. The goal of this project was to… read more
    … treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and … complaint, would be more effective at identifying ED visits resulting from fall-related injuries. Objective : … treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and …