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标题：Effectiveness of Using a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis Query in ESSENCE-FL to Identify Possible Tuberculosis Patients and Contacts in Hillsborough County, Florida
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作者：Michael Wiese ; David Atrubin ; Warren McDougle 等
期刊名称：Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
电子版ISSN：1947-2579
出版年度：2014
卷号：6
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：University of Illinois at Chicago
摘要：The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is a web-based application for use by epidemiologists within the Florida Department of Health and other public health professionals. In Hillsborough County, Florida a specific query has been developed to search for and identify possible tuberculosis patients and exposed contacts among the emergency department data in ESSENCE-FL. This study is designed to determine the usefulness of specific term-chief complaint and discharge diagnosis queries in identifying tuberculosis patients and exposed contacts