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An Integrated Mosquito Surveillance Module in New York State
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There were several stand-alone vector surveillance applications being used by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to support the reporting of mosquito, bird, and mammal surveillance and infection information implemented in early 2000s… read more -
A Pilot Study of Aberration Detection Algorithms with Simulated Data
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To evaluate four algorithms with varying baseline periods and adjustment for day of week for anomaly detection in syndromic surveillance data. read more -
Using Scan Statistic to Detect Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data
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Early detection of heroin overdose clusters is important in the current battle against the opioid crisis to effectively implement prevention and control measures. The New York State syndromic surveillance system collects hospital emergency… read more -
Evaluation of Emergency Department Data Quality following PHIN Syndromic Surveillance Messaging Guide
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The final rules released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specified the initial criteria for eligible hospitals to qualify for an incentive payment by demonstrating meaningful use of certified Electronic Health Record (EHR)… read more -
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 -
The Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI and RESP Syndromes
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. The prevalence of these sub… read more -
The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome
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In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more -
A Tool to Improve Communicable Disease Surveillance Data
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NYS (excluding NYC) has a very robust Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance System (CDESS). This system provides disease specific modules, as well as a tracking system for contacts, and a perinatal infant tracking system. This system provides… read more