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A Case Manager Tool for Anomaly Investigation in BioSurveillance
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Effective anomaly detection depends on the timely, asynchronous generation of anomalies from multiple data streams using multiple algorithms. Our objective is to describe the use of a case manager tool for combining anomalies into cases, and for… read more… of New Jersey include some 4.2 million records for ED visits to 24 hospitals in the New Jersey and New York, for the years 1996-2005. The record for each visit includes hospital, patient geography … the meningitis scare, the “Clinton” chest pain effect, ED visits related to possible anthrax exposure around October … -
System Monitoring for Near Real-Time Surveillance for Infectious Diseases
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Events of recent years, particularly concern about a possible avian (H5N1) influenza pandemic, have focused increasing attention on the need for timely surveillance, with real time surveillance as the ultimate goal. In a previous study, we reported… read more… The alerts can be sent through various channels (i.e. E-mail, pager, cell or home phones). During the pilot, the …