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  • Building a Better Syndromic Surveillance System: the New York City Experience

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    The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan statistic in SaTScan for aberration detection. Since our syndromic system was… read more
    … monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan … monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan …
  • Asthma vs. PM2.5: A Bridge Between Health and Environmental Surveillance.

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    Southwest states are prone to wildfires, dust storms, and high winds especially during the monsoon season (June- September). Wildfire smoke is a complex mixture of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water vapor, hydrocarbons, nitrogen, oxides, metals… read more
    … per 5 µg/m3 increase) and asthma emergency department visits (RR=1.06, 95% CI=(1.05, 1.07) per 5 µg/m3 increase) … New Mexicans, observing increases in emergency department visits for asthma flare-ups in Santa Fe, Espanola, and … successful in reducing the number of emergency department visits for asthmatic/respiratory flare ups. 5 views …
  • Accrued – An R Package for Visualizing Data Quality for Aggregate Surveillance Data

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    The utility of specific sources of data for surveillance, and the quality of those data, are an ingoing issue in public health(1). Syndromic surveillance is typically conducted as a secondary use of data collected as part of routine clinical… read more
    … influenza like illness (ILI) and gastroenteritis (GI) ED visits on a nationwide basis. This system collected counts for ILI, GI and total ED visits, aggregated to the level of jurisdiction. The primary … influenza like illness (ILI) and gastroenteritis (GI) ED visits on a nationwide basis. This system collected counts …
  • Evaluation of Heat-related Illness Surveillance Based on Chief Complaint Data from New Jersey Hospital Emergency Rooms

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    The NJ syndromic surveillance system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are released by the National Weather Service, an effective HRI algorithm could provide real-time health… read more
    … system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are … system, EpiCenter, developed an algorithm to quantify HRI visits using chief complaint data. While heat advisories are …
  • Day of Week Analysis of Myocardial Infarctions Using ESSENCE-FL Emergency Department Data

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    Syndromic surveillance ED data has historically shown the highest number of visits on Mondays, with decreasing volumes throughout the week. Previous studies have shown that increased negative health outcomes have occurred on Mondays. A study in the… read more
    … ED data has historically shown the highest number of visits on Mondays, with decreasing volumes throughout the … ED data has historically shown the highest number of visits on Mondays, with decreasing volumes throughout the …
  • Epidemiology of Gunshot-Related Injuries in NYC Emergency Departments from 2004-2014

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    Syndromic surveillance has demonstrated utility for situational awareness for non-infectious conditions, including tracking and monitoring gun-related violence and homicides. While New York State reports an overall decrease in gun-related crimes, in… read more
    … of gunshot-related emergency department (ED) visits in NYC. Objective To describe epidemiological … of gunshot-related emergency department (ED) visits in NYC. Objective To describe epidemiological …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Chief Complaints for Enhanced Situational Awareness during Wildfires, Florida, 2008

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    By mid-May 2008, the State of Florida had 102 active wildfires affecting approximately 40,000 acres. In addition, the Mustang Corners Fire in Everglades National Park started on May 14 and burned throughout the month affecting another 40,000 acres… read more
    … of Community-based Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … Epidemics) to evaluate emergency room (ER) visits with respiratory related chief complaints in an area … not show statistically significant increases in daily ER visits during the month of May, and only cough was …
  • Early Detection of Influenza Activity Using Syndromic Surveillance in Missouri

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    Syndromic surveillance is used routinely to detect outbreaks of disease earlier than traditional methods due to its ability to automatically acquire data in near real-time. Missouri has used emergency department (ED) visits to monitor and track… read more
    … real-time. Missouri has used emergency department (ED) visits to monitor and track seasonal influenza activity … real-time. Missouri has used emergency department (ED) visits to monitor and track seasonal influenza activity …