Understanding suicidal ideation & self-harm in NC Emergency Departments
by Katie Harmon As part of an APHA/CDC funded project to incorporate data science methods into public health surveillance methods, a team from the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center characterized NC DETECT Emergency Department (ED) visits related to suicidal ideation … Read more
Emergency Department Visits for Heat-Related Illness
Weekly updates on emergency department visits for heat-related illness as well as prevention tips are available on the NC Division of Public Health’s website at: https://publichealth.nc.gov/chronicdiseaseandinjury/heat.htm. In addition authorized NC DETECT users can review county-level heat-related illness data on the … Read more
Winter Weather Injuries
NC DETECT tracks emergency department visits for injuries using a variety of ICD-9/19-CM and keyword-based reports. Graphs below are from the Winter Weather Injuries report which is a keyword-based report. The graphs show ED visit trends by date as well … Read more
ED Visits for Snakebites
NC DETECT tracks ED visits for snakebites based on a case definition that looks for mention of snakebites in the chief complaint or triage notes OR a diagnosis (ICD-10-CM code) of a snakebite. The complete definition is available on the … Read more
Drowning/Near Drowning Surveillance
The graph below developed by KJ Harmon displays ED visits from 2016 and 2017 that were captured by the NC DETECT “syndrome” for drowning / near drowning. †Syndrome is based on a combination of keywords and ICD-10-CM codes. ‡Weekly count … Read more
Violent Injuries Treated in North Carolina Emergency Departments, 2012-2015
With funding from the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the NC Division of Public Health, a new report is available from the Carolina Center for Health Informatics in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC Chapel HIll: Harmon KJ, … Read more