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Building a Better Syndromic Surveillance System: the New York City Experience
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The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan statistic in SaTScan for aberration detection. Since our syndromic system was… read more… monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan … monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan … -
Reciprocal Data Sharing: Sending Monthly Summary Reports of Syndromic Data to ED
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Over several months in 2012, NYC DOHMH syndromic surveillance staff met with directors of all 49 participating EDs in our syndromic system to collect information on their health information systems coding practices. During these interviews, ED… read more… they send to the syndromic unit, such as number of ED visits, most common complaints, and temporal and spatial … they send to the syndromic unit, such as number of ED visits, most common complaints, and temporal and spatial … -
Comparison between HL7 and Legacy Syndromic Surveillance Data in New York City
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Data from the Emergency Departments (EDs) of 49 hospitals in New York City (NYC) is sent to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) daily as part of the syndromic surveillance system. Currently, thirty-four of the EDs transmit data as… read more… to HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.5.1. Given there may be differences in data completeness, quality, and … to HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.5.1. Given there may be differences in data completeness, quality, and …