Validation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Respiratory Syndrome using Electronic Health Records

Authors

  • Kelsey OYong Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Emily Kajita Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Patricia Araki Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Monica Luarca Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • Bessie Hwang Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5202

Abstract

In Los Angeles County, emergency department data is collected from hospitals and classified into syndromes based on chief complaints. To validate this respiratory syndromic surveillance categorization, chief complaint data were compared to discharge diagnoses extracted from electronic health records from one hospital emergency department in Los Angeles County during one week in January 2013. The agreement between syndrome classification and discharge diagnosis for respiratory reports is high (k=0.75), though over 25% of diagnosis data were missing. Further validation of additional syndromes is needed. Electronic health records are valuable sources of data and can enhance the validity of syndromic surveillance systems.

Author Biography

Kelsey OYong, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Kelsey OYong, MPH is an epidemiology analyst at the Automated Disease Surveillance Section of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. In 2013, she completed the CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship in the area of healthcare associated infections. She graduated from the University at Albany with an MPH in epidemiology and from Colgate University with a BA in molecular biology.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

OYong, K., Kajita, E., Araki, P., Luarca, M., & Hwang, B. (2014). Validation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Respiratory Syndrome using Electronic Health Records. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5202

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Poster Presentations