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  • All Traffic Related v2 - Washington State Department of Health, 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: This is an updated to the All Traffic-related submitted in 2018. The goal is to capture all traffic-related injuries presenting for healthcare, regardless of intent or vehicle type, to allow monitoring of long-term trends… read more
    … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief … Data sources: Emergency Department and Outpatient Clinic Visits Fields queried: SubSyndrome Free Text, Chief …
  • Recognizing Recreational Water Exposure and Habituating HAB Surveillance in ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    Harmful algal blooms (HABs) consist of colonies of prokaryotic photosynthetic bacteria algae that can produce harmful toxins. The toxins produced by HABs are considered a One Health issue. HABs can occur in all types of water (fresh, brackish, and… read more
    … a sustainable process for identifying ED and urgent care visits that may be related to harmful algal bloom exposure … a sustainable process for identifying ED and urgent care visits that may be related to harmful algal bloom exposure …
  • Patterns of Care in Michigan Emergency Departments as Insurance Coverage Expands

    Content Type: Abstract

    The MSSS, described elsewhere, has been in use since 2003 and records ED chief complaint data. As of September 2014, there were 88/136 hospital EDs enrolled in MSSS, capturing 83% of the annual hospital ED visits in Michigan. On April 1, 2014 the… read more
    … enrolled in MSSS, capturing 83% of the annual hospital ED visits in Michigan. On April 1, 2014 the Healthy Michigan … enrolled in MSSS, capturing 83% of the annual hospital ED visits in Michigan. On April 1, 2014 the Healthy Michigan …
  • Identifying Emerging Novel Outbreaks In Textual Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Typical approaches to monitoring ED data classify cases into pre-defined syndromes and then monitor syndrome counts for anomalies. However, syndromes cannot be created to identify every possible cluster of cases of relevance to public health. To… read more
    … The NC DPH dataset describes 198,511 de-identified ED visits over one year at 3 North Carolina hospitals. The data … The NC DPH dataset describes 198,511 de-identified ED visits over one year at 3 North Carolina hospitals. The data …
  • Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more
    … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … sites where data were available. The weekly percent of visits because of ILI were calculated for each system. For …
  • In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists

    Content Type: Abstract

    The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more
    … included them all [1-4]. We used the top 20 ‘Reasons for Visits’ (RFV) from the 2005 Emergency Department Sum- mary … Med 2001; 8(10):980-989. [5]Schneider, D ‘A Reason for Visit Classification for Ambulatory Care’ US DHEW …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more
    … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more
    … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the …