scholarly journals Diarrheal Illness Detected Through Syndromic Surveillance After a Massive Power Outage: New York City, August 2003

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Marx ◽  
Carla V. Rodriguez ◽  
Jane Greenko ◽  
Debjani Das ◽  
Richard Heffernan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Power Outage ◽  
Diarrheal Illness

Investigation of Diarrheal Illness Detected Through Syndromic Surveillance After a Massive Blackout New York City, August 2003

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Marx ◽  
C. Rodriguez ◽  
J. Greenko ◽  
D. Das ◽  
F. Mostashari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Diarrheal Illness

Field Investigations of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Signals - New York City

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Steiner-Sichel ◽  
L. Greenko ◽  
R. Heffernan ◽  
M. Layton ◽  
D. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Field Investigations

scholarly journals Power Outage Preparedness and Concern among Vulnerable New York City Residents

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 716-726
Author(s):  
Christine Dominianni ◽  
Munerah Ahmed ◽  
Sarah Johnson ◽  
Micheline Blum ◽  
Kazuhiko Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Power Outage

scholarly journals Developing Syndromic Surveillance to Monitor and Respond to Adverse Health Events Related to Psychoactive Substance Use: Methods and Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 132 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 65S-72S ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Nolan ◽  
Hillary V. Kunins ◽  
Ramona Lall ◽  
Denise Paone
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Psychoactive Drug ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Chief Complaints ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Ed Visits

Introduction: Recent increases in drug overdose deaths, both in New York City and nationally, highlight the need for timely data on psychoactive drug-related morbidity. We developed drug syndrome definitions for syndromic surveillance to monitor drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in real time. Materials and Methods: We used 2012 archived syndromic surveillance data from New York City hospitals to develop definitions for psychoactive drug-related syndromes. The dataset contained ED visit-level information that included patients’ chief complaints, dates of visits, ZIP codes of residence, discharge diagnoses, and dispositions. After manually reviewing chief complaints, we developed a classification scheme comprising 3 categories (overdose, drug mention, and drug abuse/misuse), which we used to define 25 psychoactive drug syndromes. From July 2013 through December 2015, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene performed daily syndromic surveillance of psychoactive drug-related ED visits using the 25 syndrome definitions. Results: Syndromic surveillance triggered 4 public health investigations, supported 8 other public health investigations that had been triggered by other mechanisms, and resulted in the identification of 5 psychoactive drug-related outbreaks. Syndromic surveillance also identified a substantial increase in synthetic cannabinoid-related visits (from an average of 3 per week in January 2014 to >300 per week in July 2015) and an increase in heroin overdose visits (from 80 to 171 in the first 3 quarters of 2012 and 2014, respectively) in a single neighborhood. Practice Implications: Syndromic surveillance using these novel definitions enabled monitoring of trends in psychoactive drug-related morbidity, initiation and support of public health investigations, and targeting of interventions. Health departments can refine these definitions for their jurisdictions using the described methods and integrate them into existing syndromic surveillance systems.

scholarly journals Using Syndromic Surveillance to Investigate Tattoo-Related Skin Infections in New York City

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e0130468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mollie Kotzen ◽  
Jessica Sell ◽  
Robert W. Mathes ◽  
Catherine Dentinger ◽  
Lillian Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Skin Infections

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

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Mathes ◽  
Jessica Sell ◽  
Anthony W. Tam ◽  
Alison Levin-Rector ◽  
Ramona Lall
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance System ◽  
Aberration Detection ◽  
Ed Visits

The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has been monitoring syndromes from city emergency department (ED) visits since 2001. We conducted an evaluation of statistical aberration detection methods currently in use in our system as well as alternative methods, applying six temporal and four spatio-temporal aberration detection methods to two years of ED visits in NYC spiked with synthetic outbreaks. We found performance varied between the methods in regard to sensitivity, specificity, and timeliness, and implementation of these methods will depend on needs, frequency of signals, and technical skill.

Monitoring Emergency Department Visits From Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria Using Syndromic Surveillance – New York City, 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Priscilla W. Wong ◽  
Hilary B. Parton
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
York City ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Syndromic Surveillance System ◽  
Ed Visits

ABSTRACTObjective:Syndromic surveillance has been useful for routine surveillance on a variety of health outcomes and for informing situational awareness during public health emergencies. Following the landfall of Hurricane Maria in 2017, the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) implemented an enhanced syndromic surveillance system to characterize related emergency department (ED) visits.Methods:ED visits with any mention of specific key words (“Puerto,” “Rico,” “hurricane,” “Maria”) in the ED chief complaint or Puerto Rico patient home Zip Code were identified from the DOHMH syndromic surveillance system in the 8-week window leading up to and following landfall. Visit volume comparisons pre- and post-Hurricane Maria were performed using Fisher’s exact test.Results:Analyses identified an overall increase in NYC ED utilization relating to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria landfall. In particular, there was a small but significant increase in visits involving a medication refill or essential medical equipment. Visits for other outcomes, such as mental illness, also increased, but the differences were not statistically significant.Conclusions:Gaining this situational awareness of medical service use was informative following Hurricane Maria, and, following any natural disaster, the same surveillance methods could be easily established to aid an effective emergency response.

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