Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards.
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Travers, DA; Waller, A; Haas, SW; Lober, WB; Beard, C
Published in: AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
January 2003
Emergency Department (ED) data are a key component of bioterrorism surveillance systems. Little research has been done to examine differences in ED data capture and entry across hospitals, regions and states. The purpose of this study was to describe the current state of ED data for use in bioterrorism surveillance in 2 regions of the country. We found that chief complaint (CC) data are available electronically in 54% of the North Carolina EDs surveyed, and in 100% of the Seattle area EDs. Over half of all EDs reported that CCs are recorded in free text form. Though all EDs have electronic diagnosis data, less than half report that diagnoses are coded within 24 hours of the ED visit.
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AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
EISSN
1942-597X
Publication Date
January 2003
Start / End Page
664 / 668
Related Subject Headings
- Washington
- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Population Surveillance
- North Carolina
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Humans
- Hospital Information Systems
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Disease Notification
- Data Collection
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Travers, D. A., Waller, A., Haas, S. W., Lober, W. B., & Beard, C. (2003). Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards. AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 664–668.
Travers, Debbie A., Anna Waller, Stephanie W. Haas, William B. Lober, and Carmen Beard. “Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards.” AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium, January 2003, 664–68.
Travers DA, Waller A, Haas SW, Lober WB, Beard C. Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards. AMIA . Annual Symposium proceedings AMIA Symposium. 2003 Jan;664–8.
Travers, Debbie A., et al. “Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards.” AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium, Jan. 2003, pp. 664–68.
Travers DA, Waller A, Haas SW, Lober WB, Beard C. Emergency Department data for bioterrorism surveillance: electronic data availability, timeliness, sources and standards. AMIA . Annual Symposium proceedings AMIA Symposium. 2003 Jan;664–668.
Published In
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
EISSN
1942-597X
Publication Date
January 2003
Start / End Page
664 / 668
Related Subject Headings
- Washington
- Vocabulary, Controlled
- Population Surveillance
- North Carolina
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Humans
- Hospital Information Systems
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Disease Notification
- Data Collection