The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Syndromic Surveillance System consists of five components: 1. Emergency Department (ED) Phone Call System monitors unusual events or clusters of illnesses in the EDs of participating hospitals; 2. Electronic ED Surveillance System monitors ED chief complaint data; 3. Medicaid data system monitors Medicaid-paid over-the-counter and prescription medica-tions; 4. National Retail Data Monitor/Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance System monitors OTC data; 5. CDC’s BioSense application monitors Department of Defense and Veterans Administration outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag-noses and CPT procedure codes), and LabCorp test order data.
Objective
This poster presentation provides an overview of the NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System, including data sources, analytic algorithms, and resulting reports that are posted on the NYSDOH Secure Health Commerce System for access by state, regional, county, and hospital users.