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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 … read more
    … that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits. Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that are urgent (triangles). Time to outbreak detection (y-axis) is plotted as a function of false- alarm rate (upper … S, South B, Anthony JA, Kalp E, Gundlapallli A, Curriero FC, et al. Combining free text and structured electronic …
  • Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?

    Content Type: Abstract

    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. Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … that are urgent (triangles). Time to outbreak detection (y-axis) is plotted as a function of false- alarm rate (upper … S, South B, Anthony JA, Kalp E, Gundlapallli A, Curriero FC, et al. Combining free text and structured electronic …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more
    … on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was … surveillance data was conducted to examine whether ED visits changed among metropolitan Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW), … Tarrant County Public Health wfstephens@tarrantcounty.com Document NSSP-Success-Story-TX-Ebola.pdf Submitted by …
  • 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 chief complaint data to monitor these visits, we compared trends from a near real-time syndromic …
  • 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
    … generate and validate a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana and (2) describe a … METHODS: We developed a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana, applied it to …
  • 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 … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Animal bite surveillance using NC DETECT emergency department visit data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Animal bites may have potentially devastating consequences, including physical and emotional trauma, infection, rabies exposure, hospitalization, and, rarely, death. NC law requires animal bites be reported to local health directors. However,… read more
    … Between 2008 and 2010, 110 to 113 EDs were submitting visit data to NC DETECT. Several animal bite-related on-line … animal). The burden of ICD-9-CM�coded animal bite visits to total ED visits was examined by age group and … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Evaluation of Syndrome Algorithms for Detecting Pneumonia Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Abstract

    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) uses ED syndromic surveillance to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based on ED chief complaints, and more recently was modified… read more
    … to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based … used to describe pneumonia emergency department (ED) visit trends in New York City (NYC). Submitted by elamb on …