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Correlation between Alerts Generated from Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data Sources and Traditional Data Sources
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of electronic medical record (EMR) data sources to improve the detection performance of a syndromic surveillance system. This analysis involves examining the temporal correlation between alerts… read moreA Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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This abstract describes a suite of software utilities that have been developed for systematically evaluating the detection performance and robustness of univariate temporal alerting algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems.Incorporating Water Security into Syndromic Surveillance
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Although rare in the US, the CDC reports 13-14 drinking-water-related disease outbreaks per year, affecting an average of about 1000 people. The US EPA has determined that the distribution system is the most vulnerable component… read moreRecommendations for Surveillance of EMS Data for Opioid Overdoses
Content Type: Webinar
Presented March 21, 2019. FirstWatch Recommendations for Surveillance of EMS Data for Opioid Overdoses: https://www.firstwatch.net/finding-opioid-data/ Following up on the poster presentation at ISDS 2019, Silvia R. Verdugo, MD, MPH, Mike… read more