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  • Syndromic Surveillance for Situation Awareness: Understanding Syndrome Performance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse in Idaho was anticipated to lead to a large influx of visitors in many communities, prompting a widespread effort to assure Idaho was prepared. To support these efforts, the Idaho Syndromic Surveillance… read more
    … syndromic surveillance using emergency department (ED) visit data contributed to the National Syndromic … message containing information on an emergency department visit is sent to ISSp within 24 hours of the visit and includes the chief complaint for the visit. Data …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Quality Checks and Assurance

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presenters Caleb Wiedeman and Harold Gil will describe some of the processes their organizations use to ensure the quality of data in BioSense v2.0. First, Caleb Wiedeman will review his normal routine of verifying data quality, including checking… read more
    … BioSense v2.0 application for aberrations and drops in visit counts, linking front-end data to the back end using R, and using phpMyAdmin to check daily files. … data quality metrics in BioSense v2.0 (e.g., drops in visit counts). Discuss the UCEP group’s work on BioSense …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Flow

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presenters Mike Alletto and Nabarun Dasgupta will describe the process of how data are received, processed and brought forward to the front-end application in BioSense v2.0. Their presentation will include a technical overview of all of the steps… read more
    … and loading data to the BioSense application. Compare visit-level records on the front-end application with records in the back-end lockers and understand where the fields originated … then$the$visit$is$counted$but$no$syndrome$is$listed.$ …  the  front-­‐end  application  with  records  in  the   back-­‐end  lockers  and  understand  where  the  fields …
  • CDC Benzodiazepine v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected benzodiazepine overdoses. How it was developed:… read more
    … indicating a benzodiazepine poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic inclusion (no): If the ED visit does not include a diagnosis codes for benzodiazepine poisoning, then the visit is not automatically included. The visit is captured …
  • CDC All Drug Overdose v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected overdoses of any drug. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … code indicating a drug poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. In … area^,or,^crack cast^,or,^back crack^,or,^crack of^,or,^crack … case^,or,^case of coke^,or,(,^rum^,and,^coke^,),or,^jack and coke^,or,^coke tea^,or,^coffee coke^,or,^delirium …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … in that it assigns a probability that each visit falls within the syndrome rather than ruling the visit “in” or “out” of the syndrome. It is possible … classifiers in that it assigns a probability that each visit falls within the syndrome rather than ruling the visit …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 3

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 3 on June 9-10, 2015 at the offices of the District of Columbia Department of Health. This was the eighth workshop in a series, with… read more
    … developed and shared analyses of ILI ED visit trends between MMWR Week 40, 2014 through MMWR Week 21, 2015 and drug overdose ED visit trends between MMWR Week 1, 2014 through MMWR Week 21, … participants developed and shared analyses of ILI ED visit trends between MMWR Week 40, 2014 through MMWR Week …
  • The NGram CC Classifier: A Novel Method of Automatically Creating CC Classifiers Based on ICD9 Groupings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but the ICD9 … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which …