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  • Wildfire and Smoke Syndromic Surveillance: An Implementation Guide for Public Heath Practice

    Content Type: Report

    Wildfires are an integral part of many ecosystems; however, in recent years, human behavior and climate change have resulted in wildfire seasons that are longer, more destructive, and more costly. During wildfire events, public health responses most… read more
    … currently exist to enumerate wildfire-related healthcare visits. To strengthen the public health community’s ability … standardizing syndromic surveillance of wildfire-related visits: Fire and Smoke Inhalation v1 (formerly wildfire and smoke visits during project period) and Air Quality-related …
  • Evaluation of Temporal Aberration Detection Methods in New York City Syndromic Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The NYC syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic… read more
    … monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic outbreaks. This effort … monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration …
  • Firearm Injury - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared by the community of practice in this forum post: https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1452124 This syndrome… read more
    … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared … to capture acute GSW emergency department and inpatient visits The syndrome is developed in NSSP ESSENCE using Chief … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared …
  • Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - Chief Complaint History, Discharge … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United …
  • Carbon Monoxide Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure or similar diagnosis codes. The terms "heater" and "generator" are included to potentially capture cases of improper heater and… read more
    … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide … System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide …
  • Free-Text Mining to Improve Syndrome Definition Matching Across Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief… read more
    … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Describe Chronic High Frequency ED Utilization

    Content Type: Abstract

    Utilization and overcrowding of EDs has been a prominent component of the health care reform debate in the United States for the last several years. In Virginia, the ED utilization rate has increased 27.5% between 2000 and 2012 from 34.5 visits to… read more
    … rate has increased 27.5% between 2000 and 2012 from 34.5 visits to 44.0 visits per 100 persons. Individuals with high frequency … of EDs account for a disproportionate number of visits, which can place burden on already strained health … rate has increased 27.5% between 2000 and 2012 from 34.5 visits to 44.0 visits per 100 persons. Individuals with high …
  • Identifying and Modeling Spatial Patterns of Heat-Related Illness in New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes the spatial pattern of New York City (NYC) heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in planning for and response to… read more
    … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … of meteorological variables in a model of expected visits allowing for the identification of heat waves with …