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  • Enhanced Surveillance of Nonfatal Emergency Department Opioid Overdoses in California

    Content Type: Abstract

    The opioid epidemic is a multifaceted public health issue that requires a coordinated and dynamic response to address the ongoing changes in the trends of opioid overdoses. Access to timely and accurate data allows more targeted and effective… read more
    … opioid overdose, and heroin overdose emergency department visits; identify demographic groups or areas within … crisis throughout California. Emergency department (ED) visit data are analyzed on an ongoing quarterly basis to monitor the proportion of all ED visits that are attributed to nonfatal drug, opioid, and …
  • Finding Chances to Intervene Before the Fatal Overdose: Linking ED and Mortality Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2017, 951 Missouri residents died from an opioid overdose, a record number for the state.1 This continues the trend from 2016, which saw an increase of over 30% in opioid overdose deaths compared to 2015. The Missouri Department of Health and… read more
    … data, diagnoses codes, procedures codes, and other visit information. Records can have up to 23 diagnosis … The first diagnosis field is the primary reason for a visit. Objective: Link emergency department (ED) with death … The first diagnosis field is the primary reason for a visit. Objective: Link emergency department (ED) with death …
  • Impact of Demographics on Healthcare Utilization

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was promoted with two goals: expanding health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare costs. Expanded coverage is expected to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable… read more
    … to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable primary care physician visits. If uninsured patients use the local ED more often … fit this model of ED usage. In one study, nonurgent ED visits were mainly the result of patient uncertainty about …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more
    … appropriate, the use of EDs for non-traumatic dental care may indicate use of the wrong resources. EDs generally … taxpayers. A large proportion of oral health-related ED visits are not for trauma but for dental conditions more … only source of ED data, to evaluate what type of patient visits Idaho EDs for non-traumatic dental care and how …
  • An information visualization approach to improving data quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Public Health - Seattle & King County syndromic surveillance system has been collecting emergency department (ED) data since 1999. These data include hospital name, age, sex, zip code, chief complaint, diagnoses (when available), disposition… read more
    … (when available), disposition, and a patient and visit key. Data are collected for 19 of 20 King County EDs, for visits that occurred the previous day. Over time, various … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more
    … reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen … were those who: (1) had a measured temperature at the visit of at least 100F, and (2) had a ‘reason for visit’ field that contained either cough or sore throat. …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Chief Complaints for Enhanced Situational Awareness during Wildfires, Florida, 2008

    Content Type: Abstract

    By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires affecting approximately 40,000 acres. In addition, the Mustang Corners Fire in Everglades National Park started on May 14 and burned throughout the month affecting another 40,000 acres… read more
    … By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires … of Community-based Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room (ER) visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area …
  • Unintentional Drug Overdoses in Virginia: Analysis of Syndromic and Death Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Drug overdoses and related deaths have been escalating nationally since 1970. In Virginia, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased 36% from 5.0 to 6.8 deaths per 100,000 population between 1999 and 2010. While initiated for bioterrorism event… read more
    … shown utility when extended to other health issues. ED visits may complement information from Overdose Deaths … by analyzing trends of emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional drug overdose (Overdose Visits) in …