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Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?
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A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to … read more… (ARI) were seen in the emergency room or other urgent care areas, but that these areas received only 15% of total outpatient visits. Because of this seemingly favorable signal-to-noise … we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas? H Zheng1,2, T Siddiqui1,2, and S DeLisle1,2 … -
Using Biosurveillance Whole-System Facsimiles To Compare Aberrancy-Detection Methods: Should BioSense Use SatScan?
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OBJECTIVE A “whole-system facsimile” recreates a complex automated biosurveillance system running prospectively on real historical datasets. We systematized this approach to compare the performance of otherwise… read more… Samore MD4, Trish M. Perl, MD, M.Sc.3 1VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Maryland, …