Description of a school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system and comparison to emergency department visits, New York City

E.L. Wilson, J.R. Egger, K.J. Konty, M. Paladini, D. Weiss and T.Q. Nguyen

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 1, e50-e56

Abstract: Objectives: We compared school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system data to emergency department (ED) visit data for monitoring illness in New York City schoolchildren. Methods: School nurse visit data recorded in an electronic health record system are used to conduct daily surveillance of influenza-like illness, fever-flu, allergy, asthma, diarrhea, and vomiting syndromes. We calculated correlation coefficients to compare the percentage of syndrome visits to the school nurse and ED for children aged 5 to 14 years, from September 2006 to June 2011. Results: Trends in influenza-like illness correlated significantly (correlation coefficient = 0.89; P

Keywords: article; asthma; child; comparative study; diarrhea; electronic medical record; emergency health service; female; fever; health survey; human; hypersensitivity; influenza; male; nurse attitude; nursing; organization and management; school health nursing; school health service; syndrome; United States; utilization review; vomiting; emergency health service; Influenza, Human; organization and management; school health service; United States; utilization, Asthma; Child; Diarrhea; Electronic Health Records; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Fever; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Influenza, Human; Male; New York City; Nurse's Role; Population Surveillance; School Health Services; School Nursing; Syndrome; Vomiting, Asthma; Child; Diarrhea; Electronic Health Records; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Fever; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Influenza, Human; Male; New York City; Nurse's Role; Population Surveillance; School Health Services; School Nursing; Syndrome; Vomiting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301411

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