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A Comparison of Electronic Emergency Department Visits and Data Collected Manually During a Field Exercise
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To compare the completeness of emergency department (ED) visit and hospital admissions data collected electronically for syndromic surveillance and data collected manually for a field surveillance exercise.… for a field surveillance exercise. BACKGROUND On February 26-27, 2008, NYC DOHMH staff participated in a field … public health emergency. Field surveillance staff visited 26 hospitals to collect data on ED visits and hospital … Disposition status is complete in approximately 1/3 of all visits by the next day and for >60% of all visits within … -
Cluster Detection Comparison in Syndromic Surveillance
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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… emergency departments (EDs) in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information … 8 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … daily from 50 of 61 (82%) EDs in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~10,000). The information …