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Asyndromic Cluster Detection Use Case
Content Type: Use Case
Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Surveillance: Asyndromic Cluster Detection consultancy held June 9-10, 2015 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Problem Summary A syndrome cannot be created to… read more -
Using NC DETECT for Comprehensive Morbidity Surveillance on Poisoning and Overdose
Content Type: Abstract
A retrospective analysis of emergency department data in NC for drug and opioid overdoses has been explained previously [1]. We built on this initial work to develop new poisoning and surveillance reports to facilitate near real time surveillance by… read more -
Beyond Mortality: Violent Injury Surveillance Using NC DETECT ED Visit Data
Content Type: Abstract
Violence-related injuries are a major source of morbidity and mortality in NC. From 2005-2014, suicide and homicide ranked as NC's 11th and 16th causes of death, respectively. In 2014, there were 1,932 total violent deaths, of which 1,303 were due… read more -
Identifying Emerging Novel Outbreaks In Textual Emergency Department Data
Content Type: Abstract
Typical approaches to monitoring ED data classify cases into pre-defined syndromes and then monitor syndrome counts for anomalies. However, syndromes cannot be created to identify every possible cluster of cases of relevance to public health. To… read more