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  • Evaluation of Online Media Reports for Global Infectious Disease Intelligence

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    While traditional means of surveillance by governments, multi-national agencies, and institutional networks assist in reporting and confirming infectious disease outbreaks, these formal sources of information are limited by their… read more
    … on outbreaks. Informal resources include discussion sites, online news media, individual and organization …   Objective Internet-based resources such as discussion sites and online news sources have become invaluable … OBJECTIVE Internet-based resources such as discussion sites and online news sources have become invaluable sources …
  • The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment

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    Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more
    … systems use information rou-tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints and physician … systems use information rou- tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints (CC) and physician diagnostic coding [1,2]. These sources of …
  • Traveling Epidemic Waves in Biosurveillance Data: Identifying Early Hotspots of Respiratory Illness

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    We have previously shown that timeliness of detection is influenced both by the data source (e.g., ambulatory vs. emergency department) and demographic characteristics of patient populations (e.g., age). Because epidemic waves are thought to… read more
    … may affect disease susceptibility and hence timing of visits. Here, we describe spatial models of local … may affect disease susceptibility and hence timing of visits. Here, we describe spatial models of local … (ED) visits at two major met- ropolitan tertiary care hospitals in Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Finite …
  • Characterizing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Burden of Influenza and RSV Using Surveillance Data

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    To measure the impact, within administrative geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time syndromic surveillance.
    … geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time … geo- graphic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real- time … to the emergency de- partment of a large tertiary care pediatric hospital in Miami, Florida from 2001-2005. We …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

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    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more
    … disease, which in turn is related to exposure. Point-of-care clinicians rarely have access to … disease, which in turn is related to exposure. Point-of-care clinicians rarely have access to valuable … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more
    … disease, which in turn is related to exposure. Point-of-care clinicians rarely have access to valuable … disease, which in turn is related to exposure. Point-of-care clinicians rarely have access to valuable … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient …
  • SMART Platforms: Building The App Store for Biosurveillance

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    Health care information is a fundamental source of data for biosurveillance, yet configuring EHRs to report relevant data to health departments is technically challenging, labor intensive, and often requires custom solutions for each installation.… read more
    … Health care information is a fundamental source of data for … case reporting and (2) delivering alerts to the point of care. We describe a novel health information technology … Health care information is a fundamental source of data for … case reporting and (2) delivering alerts to the point of care. We describe a novel health information technology …
  • Improving Detection Timeliness by Modeling and Correcting for Data Availability Delays

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    The performance of even the most advanced syndromic surveillance systems can be undermined if the monitored data is delayed before it arrives into the system.  In such cases, an outbreak may be detected only after it is too late for appropriate… read more
    … system. Delays can also arise in the course of care, where, for example, a diagnosis is not available for a … system. Delays can also arise in the course of care, where, for example, a diagnosis is not available for a … 2005. These models predict the percentage of total visits from a given date that will be available to the …