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The New York State Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance System
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The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Syndromic Surveillance System consists of five components: 1. Emergency Department (ED) Phone Call System monitors unusual events or clusters of illnesses in the EDs of participating hospitals;… read more… Administration outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag-noses and CPT procedure codes), and LabCorp test … BACKGROUND The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System con- sists of five components: 1. Emergency Department (ED) … Administration (VA) outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag- noses and CPT procedure codes), and LabCorp test … -
Detection of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Chief Complaint Data
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Following an Oct 12-13, 2006 snowstorm, almost 400,000 homes in western New York lost power, some for up to 12 days. News reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS… read more… reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS DOH’s syndromic surveillance … assess the ability to identify cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from chief complaints (CC) in hospital …