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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… system, electronic ED records with a free-text CC field listing the symptoms reported by the patient are sent to NYS DOH daily. Each CC is searched for text strings indicating complaints in one … of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from chief complaints (CC) in hospital emergency department (ED) records submitted … -
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… of Defense and Veterans Administration outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag-noses and CPT procedure … ED Surveillance System monitors ED chief complaint (CC) data; 3. Medicaid data system monitors Medicaid-paid … Defense (DOD) and Veterans Administration (VA) outpatient care clinical data (ICD-9-CM diag- noses and CPT procedure … -
The New York State BioSense Sentinel Alert Experience
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In addition to monitoring Emergency Department chief complaint data and pharmacy sales as indicators of outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Syndromic Surveillance System also monitors information from the… read more… mation: patient age, gender, coded patient ID and/or visit ID. Although all 8 alerts were determined to be “false …