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  • 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 …
  • Population-based, pathogen-specific surveillance in Utah

    Content Type: Abstract

    Epidemiological information realized by modern disease surveillance systems offers great potential for supporting clinical decision-making. Providing health practitioners with population-based, pathogen-specific information about regional… read more
    … enhanced knowledge about specific pathogens, which may, in turn, lead to improved clinical performance. To … Machines Corp. Armonk, New York, USA; http://www-01.ibm. com/software/data/cognos/) platform to automatically … 2010. References 1 Gesteland PH, Gardner RM, Tsui FC, Espino JU, Rolfs RT, James BC, et al. Automated …
  • CDC Stimulant v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC STIMULANT OVERDOSE V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE.… read more
    … last year, they started to notice increases in overdose visits related to stimulant use. Because CDC had worked with … indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … MDMA ^,or,^e[sc][cs]ta[cs]y^,or,^e[xsc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ex[sc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ moly ^,or,^ …
  • Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOH- Hillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL… read more
    … primary ESSENCE-FL users in each county containing all visits which have been detected by the state’s visits of interest (VOI) query. The email contains all visits which have been detected by the visits of interest …
  • CDC Stimulant Overdose v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected stimulant overdoses. How it was … code indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic … MDMA ^,or,^e[sc][cs]ta[cs]y^,or,^e[xsc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ex[sc]ta[sc]y^,or,^ moly ^,or,^ …
  • Monitoring for Local Transmission of Zika Virus using Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The first travel-associated cases of Zika virus infection in New York City (NYC) were identified in January 2016. Local transmission of Zika virus from imported cases is possible due to presence of Aedes albopictus mosquitos. Timely detection of… read more
    … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … …
  • Increasing the Return-on-Investment from Syndromic Surveillance: Putting the Systems to Work for Routine Local Health Department Activities

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since October 2004, the Indiana State Health Department and the Marion County Health Department have been developing and using a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency department admission data. The system … read more
    … receives standards-based HL7 emergency department visit data, including free-text chief complaints from 72 … surveillance system based on emergency department data may be leveraged for other public health uses. Document … to arrange payment for proper heating. Weather related visits Using custom queries in ESSENCE, MCHD looks for ED …
  • ICD-10-CM Conversion

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    Curated list of documents supporting the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS. For more information about the project, visit the project description page on… read more
    … to ICD-10-CM/PCS. For more information about the project, visit the project description page on … 7.2% 32 Lab/Pharmacy 0.0% 0 Long-term Care Facility 5.8% 26 Payer 1.6% 7 Regional Extension Center (REC) 0.2% 1 … the Keys to Success White Paper 1-800-626-2633 | www.aapc.com | info@aapc.com www.aapc.com White Paper 2 Executive …