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  • Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments

    Content Type: Report

    Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). … read more
    … PM2.5:  http://para.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/aqm/para/   GRIB2 tools:  http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/   BUFKIT software to … PM2.5:  http://para.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/aqm/para/   GRIB2 tools:  http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/   BUFKIT software to …
  • Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts

    Content Type: Webinar

    On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more
    … Department of Health Louise Wilson,  Pandemic Influenza Co-ordination Team, Edinburgh, Scotland Marc Paladini,  New … Act. (2006). Pub L No. 109-417, 101 et seq. http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/109/s/s3678.pdf “the … Public Health – 28th May 2009 Louise Wilson Pandemic Flu Co-ordination Team Scottish Government 2 Problem •  Charged …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance for All-Hazards Public Health Surveillance: Successes, Challenges, and the Future

    Content Type: Journal Article

    Fifteen years have passed since the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 called for the establishment of nationwide surveillance and reporting mechanisms to detect bioterrorism-related events. In the… read more
    … health. The data used in syndromic surveillance can come from various sources, but the articles in this … health. The data used in syndromic surveillance can come from various sources, but the articles in this …
  • Using the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read more
    … the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Com- plaints in Boston’s Syndromic Surveillance System … The string fields in the 2007 UMLS data are 65k bytes com- pared to 255 (text vs tinytext) in the older version. …
  • Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more
    … ED data DEEDS Update • HL7 V3 DEEDS specification https://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public_temp_E8692EE7-1C23-BA17- … UMLS file, MR XNS Exact Match: Compare to UMLS file, MR CON Stop Processing Match? Match? no- proceed to next round … vomiting yesterday Today general aches 27 yo male, c/o vom,diarea x2 days. Denies temp. h/a too. 27 year-old male …
  • Asthma patterns in Boston emergency department visits for children age five and under

    Content Type: Abstract

    The burden of asthma on the youngest children in Boston is largely characterized through hospitalizations and self-report surveys. Hospitalization rates are highest in Black and Hispanic populations under age five. A study of… read more
    … Rennick et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 70 From 1 January 2008–19 June 2010, … Health Threats Journal M Rennick et al. 2011, 4:s145 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 71 …
  • Do Women Really Complain More than Men? Looking at Gastrointestinal Chief Complaints in Boston

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of syndromic surveillance is the early identification of disease outbreaks. Classification of chief complaints into syndromes and the type of statistics used for aberration detection can affect outbreak detection sensitivity and… read more
    … [Accessed July 1, 2005] Available from URL: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef Advances in Disease …
  • Age Specific Correlations between Influenza Laboratory Data and Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions in Boston and New York City

    Content Type: Abstract

    To compare age-group-specific correlation of influenza-like syndrome (ILS) emergency department (ED) visits with influenza laboratory data in Boston and NYC using locally defined ILS definitions.
    … Tracking and Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm Boston -0.25 0.00 …