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  • Using a Syndromic Approach to Monitor Alcohol-Related Visits of College-Aged Emergency Department Patients

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    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1… read more
    … Warning Network (DAWN) surveillance of drug-related ED visits, underage (B21 years) alcohol-alone visit rates have been increasing since 2004 to 2009 (1). … Using a syndromic approach to monitor alcohol-related visits of college-aged emergency department patients …
  • Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) collects data daily from 50 of 61 (82%) emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information… read more
    … departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information collected includes the date and time of visit, age, sex, home zip code and chief complaint of each … from 50 of 61 (82%) EDs in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information collected …
  • The spatial-temporal pattern of excess influenza visits at the (sub-)urban scale

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    Quantifying the spatial-temporal diffusion of diseases such as seasonal influenza is difficult at the urban scale for a variety of reasons including the low specificity of the extant data, the heterogenous nature of healthcare seeking… read more
    … Document The_Spatial_Temporal_Pattern_Of_Excess_Influenza_Visits_At_The_Suburban_Scale.pdf 3 views Submitted by … ABSTRACT The spatial-temporal pattern of excess influenza visits at the (sub-)urban scale KJ Konty, and DR Olson New … The spatial-temporal pattern of excess influenza visits at the (sub-)urban scale …
  • Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like Illness Outbreaks?

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    This paper describes HHC outpatient data and evaluates the performance for early influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreak detection. We compare its detection ability to that of the emergency department (ED) data and of the two data sources… read more
    … Could Outpatient Visits Enhance Our Ability of Early Detecting Influenza-Like …
  • Identifying and Modeling Spatial Patterns of Heat-Related Illness in New York City

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    This paper describes the spatial pattern of New York City (NYC) heat-related emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in planning for and response to… read more
    … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits (ED) and explores how this information can be used in … of meteorological variables in a model of expected visits allowing for the identification of heat waves with …
  • Visualization of Syndromic Surveillance Using GIS

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    Syndromic Surveillance has been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly spatial and… read more
    … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, covering an estimated 75% of annual visits. As syndromic surveillance becomes increasingly … been in use in New York City since 2001, with 2.5 million visits reported from 39 participating emergency departments, …
  • Can all-cause school absenteeism be used to optimize the timing of school closure in response to pandemic influenza?

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    School closure has long been proposed as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in reducing the transmission of pandemic influenza. Children are thought to have high transmission potential because of their low immunity to circulating… read more
    … data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings.   … using data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings. … the daily count of all-cause absenteeism and school nurse visits for fever/flu syndrome in 1206 public schools in New …
  • Monitoring Spatial Patterns of Adverse Drug Events and Morbidity in New York City Using Syndromic Data Streams

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    Drug-related deaths have increased over the past decade throughout the United States. In New York City (NYC), every year there are approximately 900 psychoactive drug-related fatalities with the majority involving opioids.… read more
    … services ambulance dispatches and emergency department visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … (EMS) ambulance dispatches and emergency department (ED) visits can be combined to routinely monitor citywide spatial … from 50 of 62 NYC hospitals covering >90% of total ED visits and including chief complaints. To define drug events …