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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 … -
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… for detecting anomalies in daily emergency depart- ment visit data for 130 hospitals with 6 syndrome categories. … adjustments for weekends. Methods: Daily chief complaint (CC) data from two New York hospital emergency departments … gastrointestinal (GI) or respiratory syndromes through NY CC syndrome classifiers. For each hospital and syndrome, the … -
Investigating Syndromic Peaks Using Remotely Available Electronic Medical Records
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One limitation of syndromic surveillance systems based on emergency department (ED) data is the time and expense to investigate peak signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical… read more… signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical … signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical … or absence of selected pertinent data elements for each visit, and also to assign each visit to one or more defined … -
The evaluation of influenza surveillance data elements for the health information exchange minimum data set
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The American Health Information Community Harmonized Use Case for the Biosurveillance minimum data set (MDS) was implemented to establish data exchange between regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and the New York State Department of… read more… for emergency department (ED), in-patient, and outpatient visits. Compare the characteristics of patients meeting the … for emergency department (ED), in-patient, and outpatient visits. Compare the characteristics of patients meeting the … surveillance. Methods In-patient, outpatient, and ED visit data from one hospital in RHIO A between June and …