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  • Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more
    … can still be problematic. Chief complaints from ED visits are a common data source for syndromic surveillance, … Chief Complaints •Challenges •Tool developed at UNC A Visit to the ED Chief Complaints- Influenza Chief Complaint: … Developed*& Validated# • Sublanguage analysis, 39,038 ED visits • Validated on 203,509 ED visits • Expert panel …
  • Comparison of the US outpatient influenza-like illness surveillance network and the Google Flu Trends from 2008 to 2010

    Content Type: Abstract

    http://Google.org developed a regression model that used the volume of influenza-related search queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to estimate the level of ILI… read more
    … queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to … report weekly ILI activity as the percentage of patient visits to health care providers for ILI from the total number patient visits for the week. Estimates of ILI in 121 cities …
  • The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more
    … system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the … ICD9 code for influenza. It is unknown whether patient visits that meet these restrictive criteria are sufficiently … system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to res- piratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the …
  • Use of Diagnosis Code in Mental Health Syndrome Definition

    Content Type: Abstract

    Between 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders increased substantially. This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress reactions… read more
    … 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders … This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress … disorders) than for substance use disorders (37 percent) visits. This increasing number of ED visits by patients with …
  • Differentiating ZIP Codes in Syndromic Data; What Can They Tell Us?

    Content Type: Abstract

    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) ED syndromic surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as reported by the patient. ZIP code… read more
    … surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as … code information has been used by the DOHMH to separate visits into NYC and nonNYC for analysis; and, a closer …
  • Camera-based, mobile disease surveillance using Convolutional Neural Networks

    Content Type: Abstract

    Infectious diseases present with multifarious factors requiring several efforts to detect, prevent, and break the chain of transmission. Recently, machine learning has shown to be promising for automated surveillance leading to rapid and early… read more
    … for syndromic biosurveillance that would i) use the phone camera to take images of human faces to detect … for syndromic biosurveillance that would i) use the phone camera to take images of human faces to detect …
  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using Syndromic Surveillance to Identify a Neuro-Invasive Disease Outbreak in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    In November of 2001 a syndromic surveillance system was established in Los Angeles (LA) County to analyze emergency department (ED) chief complaints in select hospitals. Chief complaints were analyzed and categorized into a syndrome (rash,… read more
    … epidemiological curve would have the intensity of case visits needed to trigger a signal. On the individual level, … epidemiological curve would have the intensity of case visits needed to trigger a signal. On the individual level, … classification, and dates of interest (onset date, ED visit date) were reviewed for cases that visited a syndromic …
  • Using Emergency Department Disposition Data to Monitor Hospitalizations for Influenza-like Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Emergency Department (ED) syndromic surveillance data for influenza-like illness (ILI) have been found to provide timely and representative information about current influenza activity in NYC. DOHMH monitors visits daily from 50 of 61… read more
    … current influenza activity in NYC. DOHMH monitors visits daily from 50 of 61 EDs, capturing about 94% of all ED visits in NYC. Since January 1, 2007, DOHMH has been … data is received from 37 EDs (approximately 1/3 of all visits by the next day and >60% of all visits within 1 …