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Detecting Changes in Chief Complaint Word Count: Effects on Syndromic Surveillance
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The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) receives daily ED data from 49 of NYC’s 52 hospitals, representing approximately 95% of ED visits citywide. Chief complaint (CC) is categorized into syndrome groupings using… read more… NYC’s 52 hospitals, representing approximately 95% of ED visits citywide. Chief complaint (CC) is categorized into syndrome groupings using text … information systems (HIS). Previous work noticed that CC word count varied over time within and among EDs. The … -
A Survey of Data Recording Procedures at New York City Emergency Departments
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Data is collected daily by the DOHMH from 49 of the 52 NYC EDs, representing approximately 95% of all ED visits in NYC. Variability in data fields between and within EDs has been noticed for some time. Differences in chief complaint (CC)… read more… the 52 NYC EDs, representing approximately 95% of all ED visits in NYC. Variability in data fields between and within … noticed for some time. Differences in chief complaint (CC) characteristics and inconsistent availability of data … of a hospital based emergency department (ED) survey and site visit project conducted by the New York City (NYC) … -
In Denial: Symptom Negation in New York City Emergency Department Chief Complaints
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In July 2016, 77% of ED data was transmitted daily via Health Level 7 (HL7) messages, compared to only 27% in July 2015 (Figure). During this same period, chief complaint (CC) word count has increased from an average of 3.8 words to 6.0 words, with… read more… 2015 (Figure). During this same period, chief complaint (CC) word count has increased from an average of 3.8 words to … 2015 (Figure). During this same period, chief complaint (CC) word count has increased from an average of 3.8 words to … -
Evaluation of Temporal Aberration Detection Methods in New York City Syndromic Data
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The NYC syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic… read more… monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic outbreaks. This effort … monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration … -
Building a Better Syndromic Surveillance System: the New York City Experience
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The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan statistic in SaTScan for aberration detection. Since our syndromic system was… read more… monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan … monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan …