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Simulation of Correlated Outbreak Signals for Early Aberration Reporting
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The Early Aberration Reporting System was developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help assist local and state health officials to focus limited resources on appropriate activities of public health… read more… temporal data sources, such as emergency department visits, drug store sales, and ambulatory clinic visits. Based on this premise, we provided correlated data … and temporal data sources, such as emergency de- partment visits, drug store sales, and ambulatory clinic visits. … -
Geographic Categorization Methods Used in BioSense
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BioSense is a CDC initiative to promote situational awareness through summarizing, analyzing, and presenting health related event information. Among the data sources collected and analyzed through the BioSense application are the Department of… read more… and Department of Veterans Affairs ambulatory clinic care data. Clinical diagnoses and procedures are quantified, … but critical component to determine the likely site of exposure for disease surveillance. This paper … and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ambulatory clinic care data. Clinical diagnoses and procedures are quantified, … -
Processing of Novel Electronic Health Data to Support Public Health Surveillance
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Accurately gauging the health status of a population during an event of public health significance (e.g. hurricanes, H1N1 2009 pandemic) in support of emergency response and situation awareness efforts can be a challenge for established public… read more… medical records (EMR) based in hospital and primary care settings. It was hoped that such data could supplement … medical records (EMR) based in hospital and primary care settings. It was hoped that such data could supplement …