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  • 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
    … 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 …
  • Impact of Patient Self-Registration in Emergency Departments on Syndromic Surveillance Data

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    The Florida Department of Health electronically receives hospital emergency department (ED) data from 180 EDs located in 54 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (… read more
    … patients, which include ED self check-in kiosks, and pre-visit registration smartphone applications and websites. … patients, which include ED self check-in kiosks, and pre-visit registration smartphone applications and websites. …
  • Characterization of communicable disease epidemics using bayesian inversion

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    The evolution of a communicable disease in a human population is not entirely predictable. However, the spreading process can be assumed to vary smoothly in time. The time-dependent infection process can be linked to observations of… read more
    … the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … data, the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … for use with biosurveillance data, by adding a model for visit delay. The model is also augmented, for use in …
  • The Performance of a NGram Classifier for Patients' Chief Complaint Based on a Computerized Pick List Entry and Free Text in an Italian Emergency Department

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) and ICD code data to syndromes. The triage nurse note (NN) has also been used for… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which …
  • Evaluation of Emergency Department Data Quality following PHIN Syndromic Surveillance Messaging Guide

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    The final rules released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specified the initial criteria for eligible hospitals to qualify for an incentive payment by demonstrating meaningful use of certified Electronic Health Record (EHR)… read more
    … York hospitals are reporting emergency department (ED) visit data to the NY syndromic surveillance (SS) system. … York hospitals are reporting emergency department (ED) visit data to the NY syndromic surveillance (SS) system. …
  • 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
    … crisis throughout California. Emergency department (ED) visit data are analyzed on an ongoing quarterly basis to … crisis throughout California. Emergency department (ED) visit data are analyzed on an ongoing quarterly basis to …
  • Two-stage Approach for Detecting Aberration of Influenza-like Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza and recent H7N9 influenza outbreaks made the public aware of the threat of influenza infection. In fact, annual influenza epidemic caused heavy disease burden and high economic loss around the world [1, 2]. Although the… read more
    … based claim data of outpatient and emergency room visit. 4 views Submitted by elamb on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 20:43 … based claim data of outpatient and emergency room visit. …
  • Comparison of ILINet and ESSENCE for Influenza Surveillance at the Local Level

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    ILINet is used nationwide by sentinel healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida Department of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating… read more
    … healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida … healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida …