Method to Electronically Collect Emergency Department Data

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• Personal Author:
  Fuortes L ; Lynch CF ; Merchant, James A. ; Miller ER ; Peterson TD ; Schootman M ; Torner JC ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  Study objective: To describe the development and completeness of an electronic injury-surveillance system, the Rural Injury Surveillance System (RISS). Methods: The emergency departments of nine rural Iowa hospitals submitted information on all patients treated from May 1993 through June 1994. Results: The EDs submitted information on 23,594 patients with 32,445 different injury, disease, or follow-up visits. On the basis of comparison with the handwritten ED logbook, 90% of visits were also available in the RISS. Of the visits recorded in the RISS, 99% were also recorded in the logbook. The proportion of missing diagnostic codes decreased from a high of 22.6% in May 1993 to 8.1% in June 1994. The proportion of missing external cause codes was about 25% at the end of the study period. The proportion of missing industry and occupational codes was less than 5% at the end of the study period. Conclusion: Our findings show that complete, computerized, ED-based injury surveillance in rural EDs is possible and should be developed further. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Emergency Responders Epidemiology Morbidity Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Treatment Injuries Medical Care Morbidity Rates Surveillance Programs
• ISSN:
  0196-0644
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  213-219
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055292
• Citation:
  Ann Emerg Med 1996 Aug; 28(2):213-219
• Contact Point Address:
  Mario Schootman, PhD, Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Substance Abuse and Health Promotion, Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19920930
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Emergency Medicine
• End Date:
  19950929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:730cad48b01a07dcca51762ebb6cc64b67fe0b847c7cbd97d35b0fe6def8cae647fe215b16e5b84cfd2212e2bdf52b9c872829f33858696bea52b38c00d6caad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217631/cdc_217631_DS1.pdf
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