TY - JOUR AU - Burke, Anne AU - Jackson, David AU - Nakashima, Allyn K. PY - 2015/02/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - An Evaluation of the Biosense 2.0 “Poisoning by Medicines” Syndrome Using Chief-Complaint Data in Utah JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Oral Presentations DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5674 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/5674 SP - AB - <p class="p1">Utilization of the BioSense 2.0 system for syndromic surveillance requires validating syndromes for sensitivity and specificity. The objective of this presentation is to evaluate the BioSense 2.0 poisoning by medicines syndrome by determining chief complaint terms for inclusion and exclusion based upon pre-defined ICD-9 codes and a comparison of binned and unbinned chief complaint data. The results of this study suggest that the inclusion of the chief complaint terms "od," "overmedicated," and "ingested" will increase sensitivity, while the exclusion of terms related to alcohol, carbon monoxide, and food poisoning; swallowing a foreign body; and contact dermatitis will increase specificity.</p> ER -