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  • Automated Time Series Forecasting for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The statistical process control (SPC) community has developed a wealth of robust, sensitive monitoring methods in the form of control charts [1]. Although such charts have been implemented for a wide variety of health monitoring purposes [2], some… read more
    … systematic behavior. Time series forecasting methods may be used to remove this behavior by subtracting forecasts … systematic behavior. Time series forecasting methods may be used to remove this behavior by subtracting forecasts … systematic behavior. Time series forecasting methods may be used to remove this behavior by subtracting forecasts …
  • Utility and Acceptability of Influenza Surveillance amongst Emergency Providers

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    Each year, influenza affects approximately 5-20% of the United States population causing over 200,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 – 49,000 death. As a key point of entry to the health care system, EDs are responsible for the initial management and… read more
    … line of influenza diagnosis and treatment, ED providers may benefit from real-time easily shared influenza … line of influenza diagnosis and treatment, ED providers may benefit from real-time easily shared influenza …
  • Evaluation of Spatial Estimation Methods for Cluster Detection

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    CDC’s BioSense system provides near-real time situational awareness for public health monitoring through analysis of electronic health data. Determination of anomalous spatial and temporal disease clusters is a crucial part of… read more
    … find irrelevant clusters, and clusters of importance may be missed. While many studies have focused on improved … will find irrelevant clusters, and clusters of importance may be missed. While many studies have focused on improved … find irrelevant clusters, and clusters of importance may be missed. While many studies have focused on improved …
  • Analytic Fusion for Essential Indicators of the Opioid Epidemic

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    Unlike other health threats of recent concern for which widespread mortality was hypothetical, the high fatality burden of opioid overdose crisis is present, steadily growing, and affecting young and old, rural and urban, military and civilian… read more
    … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. … Traditional sources included emergency department (ED) visits and emergency management services (EMS) call records. …
  • Somebody’s Poisoned the Waterhole: ASPCA Poison Control Center Data to Identify Animal Health Risks

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    The APCC hotline fields daily calls regarding potential animal intoxications from the US, its territories, and Canada. We explored the value of these data for identifying increased occurrences of intoxications related to livestock and poultry… read more
    … could be used to monitor for infectious outbreaks that may initially be confused for intoxications. Objective To … could be used to monitor for infectious outbreaks that may initially be confused for intoxications. Objective To …
  • Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration

    Content Type: Abstract

    The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. Epidemiologists at the Office of Public Health (OPH) monitor the VA population at the national level. The system is also intended for facility-level monitoring to cover 152 medical… read more
    … the group of monitors using ESSENCE. Signals of interest may be masked by the nationwide alert burden. Customized … doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0009533. 2. Burkom H, Elbert Y, Cox K, Lombardo J. Upgrading the ESSENCE health … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • A Value-Driven Framework For The Evaluation Of Biosurveillance Systems

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    Evaluation and strengthening of biosurveillance systems is acomplex process that involves sequential decision steps, numerous stakeholders, and requires accommodating multiple and conflicting objectives. Biosurveillance evaluation, the initiating… read more
    … range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the … range of criteria leads to partial evaluations that may fail to convene sufficient support across the …
  • Syndromic Prediction Power: Comparing Covariates and Baselines

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    The eleven syndrome classifications for clinical data records monitored by BioSense include rare events such as death or lymphadenitis and also common occurrences such as respiratory infections. BioSense currently uses two statistical methods for… read more
    … models: day-of-week, holiday, total daily health facility visits, and a trend variable (date). Models using different … were computed for syndromic counts of lymphadenitis visits, to represent rare syndromes, respiratory visits, to represent common syndromes, and gastrointestinal …