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  • ICD9 as a Surrogate for Chart Review in the Validation of a Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System

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    The existing New York State Department of Health emergency department syndromic surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, Fever, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Rash, Asthma… read more
    … surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, … Rash, Asthma). The sensitivity and specificity of the CC computer algorithms that assign CC to syndrome categories … process and allow us to survey a much larger sample of visits. Document …