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Evaluation of Temporal Aberration Detection Methods in New York City Syndromic Data
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The NYC syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits for over a decade. We applied several aberration detection methodologies to a time series of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic… read more -
Application of a Bayesian Spatiotemporal Surveillance Method to NYC Syndromic Data
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As technology advances, the implementation of statistically and computationally intensive methods to detect unusual clusters of illness becomes increasingly feasible at the state and local level [2]. Bayesian methods allow for the incorporation of… read more -
Post-disaster Surveillance among State Health Departments in the United States
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The role of public health in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies has expanded as a result of the massive impact recent disasters have had on affected populations. Nearly every large-scale disaster carries substantial public… read more -
Using Syndromic Surveillance to Investigate Tattoo-related Skin Infections in NYC
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In 2012, an outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infections in tattoo recipients in Rochester, NY was found to be associated with premixed tattoo ink contaminated before distribution.1 In May 2012, a case of M. chelonae was reported in a New York City… read more -
Multidimensional Semantic Scan for Pre-Syndromic Disease Surveillance
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An interdisciplinary team convened by ISDS to translate public health use-case needs into well-defined technical problems recently identified the need for new pre-syndromic surveillance methods that do not rely on existing syndromes or pre-defined… read more -
Comparison between HL7 and Legacy Syndromic Surveillance Data in New York City
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Data from the Emergency Departments (EDs) of 49 hospitals in New York City (NYC) is sent to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) daily as part of the syndromic surveillance system. Currently, thirty-four of the EDs transmit data as… read more -
Investigating a Syndromic Surveillance Signal with Complimentary Data Systems
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From June 4-8, 2015, the New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system detected five one-day citywide signals in sales of over-the-counter (OTC) antidiarrheal medications using the CUSUM method with a 56-day moving baseline. The OTC system… read more -
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