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  • Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age

    Content Type: Abstract

    Epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major contributor to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and norovirus epidemics present a significant burden annually, with their predominant impact in temperate climates occurring… read more
    … causes an estimated 600,000 deaths worldwide, and 70,000 hospitalizations in the US, primarily among children … pilot for monitoring AGE syndromic emergency department visits, and present preliminary analysis of age-specific … 21894257. *Don Olson E-mail: drolson@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. …
  • Some Interactive Data Exploration Tools for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes several interactive data exploration tools for examining surveillance data.
    … Online survey, conducted April 2006. http://www.adobe.com/ products/player_census/npd/ Further Information: Ian …
  • Discover the 2014 ISDS Conference

    Content Type: Webinar

    Whether you are planning on attending the ISDS Conference for the first time this December or you have been attending since 2002, the ISDS Scientific Program Committee invites you to discover the 2014 ISDS Conference! This webinar will highlight the… read more
    …  Medicine.  2013;111(3–4):206-­‐219.     •  Dórea  FC,  McEwen  BJ,  McNab  WB,  Revie  CW,  Sanchez  J. …  –  1:30pm  EDT   –  Register:  hPps://www2.gotomee?ng.com/register/974682162     •  ISDS  Members:  Deadline  to … Submission Process •  hWp://isds2014.abstractcentral.com/     •  Can  go  ahead  and  create  an  account  now …
  • Visualizing Data Quality: Tools and Views

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    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health department… read more
    … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … The x-axis represents the date of the file upload and the y-axis represents the number of days prior to the upload … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Rapid ad-hoc cross-jurisdictional sharing of syndrome data using Distribute technology

    Content Type: Abstract

    Cross-jurisdictional sharing of public health syndrome data is useful for many reasons, among them to provide a larger regional or national view of activity and to determine if unusual activity observed in one jurisdiction is atypical. Considerable… read more
    … of recent interest: alcohol related and heat related ED visits. Objective To demonstrate how rapid adhoc sharing of … of recent interest: alcohol-related and heat-related ED visits. Methods The Distribute system was initially designed … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • How good is your data?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Distribute is a national emergency department syndromic surveillance project developed by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) for influenza-like-illness (ILI) that integrates data from existing state and local public health… read more
    … provides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … vides graphic comparisons of both ILI-related clinical visits across jurisdictions and a national picture of ILI. … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Propagating the Effects of Missing Data Sources in a Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    A common problem in syndromic surveillance using ED department data is temporary gaps in the data received from individual ED departments caused by delays in receiving the data. Currently most syndromic surveillance systems provide information… read more
    … individual derived data elements (except in that graphs may show obvious drops in counts on days when data sources … individual derived data elements (except in that graphs may show obvious drops in counts on days when data sources … demographic dimensions (for example, the number of ED visits coded to the respiratory syndrome in 0-2 year olds in …
  • Gossamer Health: A meaningful, open-source approach to shared surveillance software

    Content Type: Abstract

    Cost-effective, flexible and innovative tools that integrate disparate data sets and allow sharing of information between geographically dispersed collaborators are needed to improve public health surveillance practice. Gossamer Health (Good Open… read more
    … population health surveillance. These tools may be deployed in a flexible fashion on health department … on summarized clinical data, such as the influenza and visit counts used in the Distribute project (1), (2) methods … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …