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  • A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.
    … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically … A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise … To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … in that it assigns a probability that each visit falls within the syndrome rather than ruling the visit … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language …
  • 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 … generate and validate a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana and (2) describe a … Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to monitor the impact of …
  • Monitoring child mental health related emergency department visits in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    From 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. During this period, mental health-related hospitalizations among NYC children increased nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-… read more
    … 2001-2011, mental health-related hospitalizations and ED visits increased among United States children nationwide. … nearly 23%. To estimate mental health-related ED visits in NYC and assess the use of syndromic surveillance … syndromic system with those from a less timely, coded ED visit database.  Objective To assess the use of syndromic …
  • Rabies PEP Administered (First Visit) v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more
    … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves … on Rabies related chief complaint free text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … case definition as the basis for identifying patient visits of interest, the queried patient visits themselves …
  • Identification and Assessment of Repeat Drug Overdose Visits at EDs in Virginia

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) utilizes syndromic surveillance ED data to measure morbidity associated with opioid and heroin overdoses among Virginia residents. Understanding which individuals within a population use ED services for… read more
    … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, … they differ from individuals with a single overdose ED visit. 13 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … of individuals with repeated emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional opioid overdose, including heroin, …
  • Using a Syndromic Approach to Monitor Alcohol-Related Visits of College-Aged Emergency Department Patients

    Content Type: Abstract

    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1… read more
    … Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … Using a syndromic approach to monitor alcohol-related visits of college-aged emergency department patients …
  • Assessing the Potential Impact of the BioSense 24-hour Rule Using NC DETECT ED Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Per a frequently asked questions document on the ISDS website, approximately two thirds of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use the patient ID, facility ID and earliest date in… read more
    … of HL7 records received in BioSense do not provide a Visit ID. As a result, BioSense data processing rules use … ID occur within the same 24-hour time frame, those two visits are combined into one visit and the earliest date … unique visit IDs and these are used to identify unique visits in NC DETECT. These data are also sent twice daily to …