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Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR
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Objective We performed a gold-standard manual chart review for gastro-intestinal syndrome to evaluate automated detection models based on both structured and non-structured data extracted from the VA … read more… models included “GI” ICD-9 code sets used in the “ESSENCE” and the “BioSense” syndromic surveillance systems. … on the index visit day of fever > 37.8ºC. RESULTS The ESSENCE and BioSense ICD-9 code sets detected 242 GI … -
Using NLP on VA Electronic Medical Records to Facilitate Epidemiologic Case Investigations
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A major goal of biosurveillance is the timely detection of an infectious disease outbreak. Once a disease has been identified, another very important goal is to find all known cases of the disease to assist public health… read more… the first stage, we used structured data and BioSense and ESSENCE ICD 9 codes on records during the study period …