Implementation of laboratory order data in BioSense Early Event Detection and Situation Awareness System

Laboratory test orders constitute an early outbreak data source. CDC receives laboratory order data in HL7 format from the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) and plans to use the data in the BioSense Early Event Detection and Situation Awareness System. These LabCorp data contain informatio...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2005, Vol.54 (33), p.S27
Main Authors: Ma, Haobo, Rolka, H, Mandl, K, Buckeridge, D, Fleischauer, A, Pavlin, J
Format: Newsletterarticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Data acquisition systems
Design and construction
Disease control
Emergency communication systems
Emergency preparedness
Epidemics
Epidemiologic methods
Government agencies
Laboratories
Management
Medical record linkage
Public health
Public health records
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Summary:Laboratory test orders constitute an early outbreak data source. CDC receives laboratory order data in HL7 format from the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) and plans to use the data in the BioSense Early Event Detection and Situation Awareness System. These LabCorp data contain information on tests ordered and include the type of test ordered and the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)-coded reasons for the order. A consensus panel was formed to group test orders on the basis of expert opinion into eight standard syndrome categories to provide an additional data source for early outbreak detection. A laboratory order taxonomy was developed and used in the mapping consolidation phase. The five main classes of this taxonomy are miscellaneous functional tests, fluid screening tests, system-specific tests, tests for specific infections (by primary manifestation), and tests for specific noninfectious diseases. Summary of numbers of laboratory order codes in each syndrome category are fever (53), respiratory (53), gastrointestinal (27), neurological (35), rash (37), lymphadenitis (20), localized cutaneous lesion (11), and specific infection (63). With the daily use of laboratory order data in BioSense, the actual distribution of laboratory order codes in syndrome groups can be evaluated, allowing modification of the mapping.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X