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The New York State Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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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;… read more… Administration outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag-noses and CPT procedure codes), and LabCorp test … BACKGROUND The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System con- sists of five components: 1. Emergency Department (ED) … Administration (VA) outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag- noses and CPT procedure codes), and LabCorp test … -
Detection of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Chief Complaint Data
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Following an Oct 12-13, 2006 snowstorm, almost 400,000 homes in western New York lost power, some for up to 12 days. News reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS… read more… reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS DOH’s syndromic surveillance … assess the ability to identify cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from chief complaints (CC) in hospital … -
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties
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CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in disaster and post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages most likely occur (1, 2). The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from… read more… CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity … (NYSDPS). These data can be used to estimate the risk of CO-EDs and provide useful information for public health … events. Objective 1) To identify carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in three most affected New York State (NYS) … -
The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome
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In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more… of flu. Our own experience was that although flu may be a com- mon presentation in the ED during the flu season, it is … -
The utility of inpatient data obtained from regional health information organizations for pneumonia and influenza surveillance
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Hospital discharge data received by public health agencies has a reporting lag time of greater than six months. This data is often used retrospectively to conduct surveillance to assess severity of illness and outcome, and for… read more… Johnson et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 42 Conclusions Data for almost all … Health Threats Journal G Johnson et al. 2011, 4:s88 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 43 … -
The Exploration of Various Methods for Shigella Outbreak Detection
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Shigella remains highly infectious in the United States and rapid detection of Shigella outbreaks is crucial for disease control and timely public health actions. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) implemented a Communicable Disease… read more