Health Information Exchange, Biosurveillance Efforts, and Emergency Department Crowding During the Spring 2009 H1N1 Outbreak in New York City

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Shapiro, Jason S ^a,d   Genes, Nicholas ^a   Kuperman, Gilad ^b,c,d   Chason, Kevin ^a   Richardson, Lynne D ^a   Goldberg, William ^e   Husk, Gregg ^f   Legome, Eric ^g   Lovett, Paris B ^b   Maniago, Eric ^h   Wilson, Gabe ⁱ   Yu, Kenneth T ^j  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d New York Clinical Information Exchange   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^j WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

BIOSURVEILLANCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 76549089507     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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