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  • 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
    … surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the … surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to res- piratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the … surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes. …
  • 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
    … and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the … department population and the performance of these CC classifiers have been little studied. Chart reviews have … by chart reviews to estimate the performance of a CC classifier.   Objective To determine the prevalence of …
  • 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 …
  • ICD9 as a Surrogate for Chart Review in the Validation of a Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System

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    The existing New York State Department of Health emergency department syndromic surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, Fever, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Rash, Asthma… read more
    … surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, … Rash, Asthma). The sensitivity and specificity of the CC computer algorithms that assign CC to syndrome categories … process and allow us to survey a much larger sample of visits. Document …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the … value of New York State hospital emergency department CC classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 … York State hospital emergency department chief complaint (CC) classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 …
  • 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
    … system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and patient zip code. This data … system collects hospital emergency department (ED) visit data, including visit time, chief complaint, and … Heroin Overdose Clusters with Hospital Emergency Room Visit Data …
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties

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    CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in disaster and post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages most likely occur (1, 2). The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from… read more
    … NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from 140 NYS (excluding New York … between power outage and the numbers of CO-related ED visits (CO-EDs). 4 views Submitted by Magou on Mon, … NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from 140 NYS (excluding New York …
  • 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
    … York hospitals are reporting emergency department (ED) visit data to the NY syndromic surveillance (SS) system. … York hospitals are reporting emergency department (ED) visit data to the NY syndromic surveillance (SS) system. …