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  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Creating Syndrome Definitions Using RStudio

    Content Type: Webinar

    When public health practitioners use BioSense 2.0, they can view and analyze data on a variety of predetermined syndromes from infectious diseases (such as influenza) to injuries. However, some users may want to use tools to explore new and… read more
    … Diagnosis_Text, Chief_Complaint, Age, Gender, Visit_Date_Time, Row_Number FROM TC_Meaningful_Use_Base WHERE Visit_Date_Time BETWEEN '2013-02-01 00:00:00' AND … Diagnosis_Text, Chief_Complaint, Age, Gender, Visit_Date_Time, Row_Number FROM TC_Meaningful_Use_Base …
  • Surveillance of Suicide Attempts and Ideation Presenting in Area Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In 2015, Idaho was among the top 10 states for suicides in the United States. Suicide as the cause of death for teens and young adults in Idaho was exceeded only by accidental deaths. On average, one suicide death occurred among all ages every day.… read more
    … were identified by the query and line-by-line review of visit data. Zero to four (mean = 1.17) cases per week were … 2017. Additional years of data are needed to determine if lack of a temporal pattern is unusual or expected. PHD1 … of methods to sex and age. Syndromic surveillance of ED visit data can provide aggregated and timely information …
  • Risk of HIV among the seasonal Labour Migrants of Nepal

    Content Type: Abstract

    HIV and AIDS is not a new problem to global community and human civilization. Though much efforts had been taken yet its devastating effects can be seen in many areas like human productivity, public health, human rights etc. Nepal is experiencing a… read more
    … of several factors including poverty coupled with the lack of employment opportunities, large-scale migration and … of several factors including poverty coupled with the lack of employment opportunities, large-scale migration and …
  • Towards Linking Anonymous Authorship in Casual Sexual Encounter Ads

    Content Type: Abstract

    The increasing use of the Internet to arrange sexual encounters presents challenges to public health agencies formulating STD interventions, particularly in the context of anonymous encounters. These encounters complicate or break traditional… read more
    … encounters. While this process detects many clusters, the lack of a true corpus of authorship-linked ads makes it … encounters. While this process detects many clusters, the lack of a true corpus of authorship-linked ads makes it …
  • Heat Related Illness v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness.Definition description: The Heat… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness. Definition description:   … Related Illness v2 definition was designed to identify ED visits for heat-related illness. It is primarily based on … chief complaint term free text. The definition identifies visits with codes or terms indicating visits associated with …
  • Rapid Surveillance and Data Integration: A Syndromic Description of Bicycle-Related Injury in Boston

    Content Type: Webinar

    The city of Boston has taken a pro-active stand to increase physical activity to decrease chronic disease. Included in that plan is to increase bicycle use and accessibility. Boston has been increasing the number of bike paths and lanes, introduced… read more
    … (10) Boston acute care emergency department visits • ED Visit data received every 24 hours • Variables: unique visit … Asthma Localized Cutaneous Lesion Elbow Injury Spine/Back Injury Cardiac Dysrhythmias Mental disorders Eye Injury …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 2 - Introduction to ESSENCE Configuration for BioSense Platform

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … if age < 2 years when calculated from birth date and visit date) o  C_Patient_Age_Years (Normalized to an integer … Pla,orm Archive Modifica5ons (conDnued) §  Calculated Visit Date—now hierarchically defined by selecDng the first …
  • PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data, Release 1.1 (August 2012),Testing Clarification Release 1.2 (February 2013)

    Content Type: Messaging Standard

    This document provides testing clarification for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic… read more
    … 6 3.2 Facility / Visit Type … 3.2 Facility / Visit Type The implementation guide lists an incorrect … code(1108-0) and coding system (HSLOC) for Facility/Visit Type. It should be 261QE0002X and NUCC. Example OBX …