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A Comparison between Syndromic Surveillance 911/EMS and Emergency Department Data
Content Type: Abstract
To examine data from 911/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and determine whether these data provide a useful addition to syndromic surveillance (SS) when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data. -
A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for Detection of Clusters of Lower Gastrointestinal Illness
Content Type: Abstract
We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the detection of clusters of lower gastrointestinal illness, using AC and ED data and AC+ED data combined, from two geographically separate health plans participating… read more -
A Comparison of Chief Complaints and Emergency Department Reports for Identifying Patients with Acute Lower Respiratory Syndrome
Content Type: Abstract
Automated syndromic surveillance systems often classify patients into syndromic categories based on free-text chief complaints. Chief complaints (CC) demonstrate low to moderate sensitivity in identifying syndromic cases. Emergency Department (ED)… read more -
A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise
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To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise. -
Outbreak Observatory: Conducting operational research during outbreaks to improve preparedness and response
Content Type: Webinar
Presented June 27, 2018. During this presentation, researchers discussed how Outbreak Observatory, a pilot project initiated by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, facilitated the conduct of real-time operational research during… read more -
Training Session: Mapping Tool between two code sets: ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS
Content Type: Webinar
Join ISDS on June 3rd for an instructional webinar on ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS mapping tools, including the newly released MapIt tool. This tool, which was developed by AHRQ and CDC, is an automated mapping tool that utilizes General Equivalence… read more -
MapIT - Introduction to Mapping Tool 2015
Content Type: Webinar
Many public health programs use hospital administrative and claims data for assessment and surveillance purposes. They are preparing their data collection processes to make the transition from accepting data coded with ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM in… read more -
Planning for the ICD-10 Transition
Content Type: Webinar
The transition of all HIPAA covered entities from the use of ICD9CM to ICD10CM/PCS codes on October 1, 2015 will create a paradigm change in the use of electronic health record (EHR) data. Many public health surveillance entities that receive,… read more