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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… 3 days after the storm, identification of CO-related visits in real time was not feasible. Retrospectively, … included in both. Results From Oct 13 to 20, 302 people visited EDs with complaints of CO exposure and/or SPARCS 0 … received CO-related diagnoses. The daily number of ED visits with CO-related CCs closely followed the epidemic … -
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… monitors the BioSense website. From February through May 2005, all Sentinel Alerts reported on the BioSense … of system improvement. RESULTS From February through May 2005, 8 Sentinel Alerts were issued for NYS on the … mation: patient age, gender, coded patient ID and/or visit ID. Although all 8 alerts were determined to be “false … -
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… Sys- tem is located on the NYSDOH Secure Health Com- merce System. Data is accessed via the NYSDOH Syndromic … counts and promotional counts. Individual hospitals may view ED data for their hospital only, and Local Health …