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  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The public health problem identified by Alabama Department of Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (AlaSyS) was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … of data should be submitted within 24 hours from time of visit, for near real time results. The slow data processing … report to assess the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits that mentioned heroin in the chief complaint (CC), … of data should be submitted within 24 hours from time of visit, for near real time results. The slow data processing …
  • Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Content Type: Abstract

    CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more
    … for CO poisoning. … Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning …
  • CDC Heroin Overdose v4

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected heroin overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected heroin overdoses. How it was developed: … code indicating a heroin poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic … diagnosis codes. A large increase in heroin overdose ED visits may be attributable to increased supply and use of …
  • Emergency Department Chief Complaint Versus Discharge Diagnosis for Tracking Disease Measures

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    ESSENCE is a web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH to detect and track outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, public health emergencies, and biological threats. ESSENCE ED chief complaint data is collected daily from 47… read more
    … text field that lists the patient’s reason for the ED visit upon arrival at the hospital. Chief complaint data may be comprehensive or abbreviated and may include a single reason or multiple reasons for the ED visit. Medical history may be included in chief complaint …
  • Evaluation of DoD Syndrome Mapping and Baseline for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM Transition

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    The Department of Defense conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. Providers within the MHS assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are… read more
    … conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. … assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are grouped into syndrome and … assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are grouped into syndrome and …
  • Oregon ESSENCE: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance

    Content Type: Report

    Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient symptoms using… read more
    … indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for … https://1859oregonmagazine.com/explore-oregon/outdoors/total-solar-eclipse/ Using … “During the last [time period], X-related visits at Y county facilities were within expected levels.” Elevated …
  • Ellipse-Based Clustering Analysis Using a Time Series Algorithm

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    Many cities in the US and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have deployed biosurveillance systems to monitor regional health status. Biosurveillance systems rely on algorithms that analyze data in temporal domain… read more
    … to normalize the counts (e.g., emergency department visits) within a geographic region. This paper presents … of Biosurveillance: Academic Press; 2006. 2. Tsui F-C, Espino JU, et. al. Key design elements of a data … web service model. Proc AMIA Symp 2005. 3. Zhang J, Tsui FC, Wagner MM, Hogan WR. Detection of out- breaks from time …
  • Paralysis Analysis: Investigating Paralysis Visit Anomalies in New Jersey

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    On July 11, 2012, New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) Communicable Disease Service (CDS) surveillance staff received email notification of a statewide anomaly in EpiCenter for Paralysis. Two additional anomalies followed within three hours. Since… read more
    … system. … Paralysis Analysis: Investigating Paralysis Visit Anomalies in New Jersey …