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HAI Surveillance Enhancement within EpiCenter by Utilization of Triage Notes
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In New Jersey, Health Monitoring Systems Inc.’s (HMS) EpiCenter collects chief complaint data for syndromic surveillance from 79 of 80 emergency departments (ED). Using keyword algorithms, these visits are classified into syndrome categories for… read more -
Travel and Triage: Pilot project to detect infections after medical tourism procedures
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EpiCenter, NJâs statewide syndromic surveillance system, collects ED registration data. The system uses chief complaint data to classify ED visits into syndrome categories and provides alerts to state and local health departments for surveillance… read more -
Better, Stronger, Faster: Why Add Fields to Syndromic Surveillance? New Jersey, 2015
Content Type: Abstract
In New Jersey, real-time emergency department (ED) data are currently received from EDs by Health Monitoring Systems Inc.’s (HMS) EpiCenter, which collects, manages and analyzes ED registration data for syndromic surveillance, and provides alerts to… read more -
Trends in Injection Opioid Use and Bloodborne Pathogen Related Diseases in New Jersey
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When the opioid epidemic began in the early 1990s, pills such as oxycodone were the primary means of abuse. Beginning in 2010, injection use of, first, heroin and then synthetic opioids dramatically increased, which led the number of overdose deaths… read more -
Better, Stronger, Faster: Making the Case for Adding Data Fields to Syndromic Surveillance, NJ 2015
Content Type: Case Study
NJDOH created a custom classification in EpiCenter to detect synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visits using chief complaint data. DOH staff included the keywords black magic, black mamba, cloud 9, cloud 10,incense, k2, legal high, pot potpourri,… read more