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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… 911 calls coded into 52 broad call- types. ED data come from 50 of 62 NYC hospitals covering >90% of total ED … Am J Drug Alc Abuse. 2008;34(4):499-509. [6] Martin M, Hecker J, Clark R, Frye J, Jehle D, et al. China White … -
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… in New York City. NYC Vital Signs 2010, 9(5): 1�4. http://www.nyc.gov/html/ doh/downloads/pdf/survey/survey- … PLoS Currents: Influenza 2011 Aug 2;3:RRN1251. http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894257 *Alejandro Cajigal … 2011, 4: 11190 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11190 http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/survey/survey- … -
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… medical 911 calls coded into 52 broad call-types. ED data come from 48 of 62 NYC hospitals covering 90% of total ED …