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  • Differentiating ZIP Codes in Syndromic Data; What Can They Tell Us?

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    The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) ED syndromic surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as reported by the patient. ZIP code… read more
    … surveillance system receives data from 95% of all ED visits in NYC totaling 4 million visits each year. The data include residential ZIP code as … code information has been used by the DOHMH to separate visits into NYC and nonNYC for analysis; and, a closer …
  • Monitoring for Local Transmission of Zika Virus using Emergency Department Data

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    The first travel-associated cases of Zika virus infection in New York City (NYC) were identified in January 2016. Local transmission of Zika virus from imported cases is possible due to presence of Aedes albopictus mosquitos. Timely detection of… read more
    … spread of illness. Daily emergency department (ED) visit surveillance to detect individual cases and … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … Case and cluster identification of emergency department visits related to local transmission of Zika virus.  … …
  • Using Syndromic Emergency Department Data to Augment Oral Health Surveillance

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    Using the chief complaint field from our established syndromic ED system, we developed definitions for potentially preventable oral health visits (OHV) and examined patterns in 2009-2011 data. Under the widest definition, OHV comprised about 1% of… read more
    … definitions for potentially preventable oral health visits (OHV) and examined patterns in 2009-2011 data. Under the widest definition, OHV comprised about 1% of ED visits. Adults ages 18 to 29 had markedly higher OHV than … preventable emergency department (ED) oral health visits (OHV) in New York City (NYC). Submitted by dbedford …
  • Evaluation of Temporal Aberration Detection Methods in New York City Syndromic Data

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    The NYC syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic… read more
    … monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic outbreaks. This effort … monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration …
  • 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 …
  • Evaluating Syndromic Data for Surveillance of Non-infectious Disease

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    Syndromic surveillance data has predominantly been used for surveillance of infectious disease and for broad symptom types that could be associated with bioterrorism. There has been a growing interest to expand the uses of syndromic data beyond… read more
    … this work compares SS and SPARCS data for total ED visits and visits associated with three noninfectious disease … this work compares SS and SPARCS data for total ED visits and visits associated with three noninfectious …
  • Application of a Bayesian Spatiotemporal Surveillance Method to NYC Syndromic Data

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    As technology advances, the implementation of statistically and computationally intensive methods to detect unusual clusters of illness becomes increasingly feasible at the state and local level [2]. Bayesian methods allow for the incorporation of… read more
    … cluster detection [1] to NYC Emergency Department (ED) visits. Submitted by knowledge_repo… on Wed, 08/22/2018 - … cluster detection [1] to NYC Emergency Department (ED) visits. … Application of a Bayesian Spatiotemporal …
  • Evaluating Utility of Cold-Injury Syndromic Surveillance Data in New York City

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    Cold weather exposure-related injuries range from hypothermia to less severe conditions such as frost bite, trench foot, and chilblains, which are all preventable causes of mortality and morbidity. In recent years, NYC has successfully used… read more
    … used syndromic surveillance of heat-related ED visits to inform emergency response during heat waves. … used syndromic surveillance of heat-related ED visits to inform emergency response during heat waves. …