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  • 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 …
  • 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 … (EMRs) which are available remotely in real time. This may facilitate the investigation of peak signals. Document … signals, especially when that involves phone calls or visits to the hospital. Many EDs use electronic medical …
  • 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
    … system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes. Recently, the … ICD9 code for influenza. It is unknown whether patient visits that meet these restrictive criteria are sufficiently … the influenza sub-syndrome to assess the frequency of visits and the agreement between the CC, ICD9 code and chart …
  • 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). Submitted by Magou on Mon, 10/09/2017 - … between power outage and the numbers of CO-related ED visits (CO-EDs). …
  • 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 …
  • 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
    … process and allow us to survey a much larger sample of visits. Document … frequent ICD-9 CM based sub- syndromes. The proportion of visits contributing to the 20 most common ED chief complaint … analyses that combine data across age categories may mask potentially important sub-syndrome activity among …
  • 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. …
  • Tracking Communicable Disease Electronic Laboratory Data in New York State

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    All positive laboratory tests of reportable conditions on persons residing in New York State (NYS) are mandated to be sent to the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) via ECLRS. NYS, excluding New York City (NYC), receives over 100,000 ECLRS messages… read more
    … investigation. Once the investigation is created, the LHD may need supportive evidence to create a reportable case or may dismiss it if evidence does not support the case … investigation. Once the investigation is created, the LHD may need supportive evidence to create a reportable case or …