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Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome
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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 -
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 patientâs chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, Fever, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Rash, Asthma… read more -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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