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Animal bite surveillance using NC DETECT emergency department visit data
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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 reports are available and provide aggregate and visit-level analyses customized to users' respective jurisdictions. The NC DETECT ED visit database currently provides the most comprehensive and … -
Fever Detection in Clinic Visit Notes Using a General Purpose Processor
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With increased penetration of clinical information system products and increased interest in clinical data exchange, a variety of clinician’s notes are becoming available for surveillance. Chief complaints have been studied extensively, and… read more… notes have received attention, but narrative clinic visit notes have gotten little attention. Objective To … to detect fever, and to assess the feasibility of parsing visit notes for syndromic surveillance. Document … Fever Detection in Clinic Visit Notes Using a General Purpose Processor George … -
Using Scan Statistic to Detect Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data
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Early detection of heroin overdose clusters is important in the current battle against the opioid crisis to effectively implement prevention and control measures. The New York State syndromic surveillance system collects hospital emergency… read more… system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and patient zip code. This data … system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and … Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data … -
Beyond Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data
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Violence-related injuries are a major source of morbidity and mortality in NC. From 2005-2014, suicide and homicide ranked as NC's 11th and 16th causes of death, respectively. In 2014, there were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due… read more… violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … violence-related injuries in NC.1 This study examined ED visit data captured by NC DETECT to identify and describe … Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data … -
Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments
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Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and uninsured, the cost burden of these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in EDs [1]. Of particular interest to NC state public health… read more… Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments … -
in silico Surveillance: Highly detailed agent-based models for surveillance system evaluation and design
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Modern public health surveillance systems have great potential for improving public health. However, evaluating the performance of surveillance systems is challenging because examples of baseline disease distribution in the population are limited to… read more… in highly detailed synthetic populations can provide unlimited realistic baseline data. Objective To create, … in highly detailed synthetic populations can provide unlimited realistic baseline data. Methods Dynamic social … in highly detailed synthetic populations can provide unlimited realistic baseline data. Objective To create, … -
Evaluating the Validity of ED Visit Data for Biosurveillance
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The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) receives a designated set of data elements electronically available from 110 emergency departments (EDs) (98%) on at least a daily basis via… read more… system. Document Evaluating_The_Validity_Of_Ed_Visit_Data_For_Biosurveillance.pdf 4 views Submitted by … Evaluating the Validity of ED Visit Data for Biosurveillance Aaron Ratcliffe MS, Clifton … Evaluating the Validity of ED Visit Data for Biosurveillance … -
A Controlled Vocabulary for "Reason for Visit" in Ambulatory Encounters
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Objective: To enable improved health surveillance and clinical decision support within ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.… systems. Document A_Controlled_Vocabulary_For_Reason_For_Visit_In_Ambulatory_Encounters.pdf 2 views Submitted by … RANKED SLOPE= -1 A Controlled Vocabulary for “Reason for Visit” in Ambulatory Encounters F Mostashari*, N Soulakis*, … A Controlled Vocabulary for "Reason for Visit" in Ambulatory Encounters …