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Electronic Health Record–Based Algorithm for Monitoring Respiratory Virus–Like Illness
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 6, Pp 1096-1103 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024.
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Abstract
- Viral respiratory illness surveillance has traditionally focused on single pathogens (e.g., influenza) and required fever to identify influenza-like illness (ILI). We developed an automated system applying both laboratory test and syndrome criteria to electronic health records from 3 practice groups in Massachusetts, USA, to monitor trends in respiratory viral–like illness (RAVIOLI) across multiple pathogens. We identified RAVIOLI syndrome using diagnosis codes associated with respiratory viral testing or positive respiratory viral assays or fever. After retrospectively applying RAVIOLI criteria to electronic health records, we observed annual winter peaks during 2015–2019, predominantly caused by influenza, followed by cyclic peaks corresponding to SARS-CoV-2 surges during 2020–2024, spikes in RSV in mid-2021 and late 2022, and recrudescent influenza in late 2022 and 2023. RAVIOLI rates were higher and fluctuations more pronounced compared with traditional ILI surveillance. RAVIOLI broadens the scope, granularity, sensitivity, and specificity of respiratory viral illness surveillance compared with traditional ILI surveillance.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.75a101e77e354d0dad9a6834b8be5859
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3006.230473