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  • Automated chronic disease surveillance and visualization using electronic health record data

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    Chronic diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Americans but public health surveillance for these conditions is limited. Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys, and death certificates to gather… read more
    … Mandl2,3 and Richard Platt1,2 1Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA; 2Harvard Medical School, … A1C and cholesterol levels), diabetes type and care (medications and medical nutrition counseling). … a rich, timely picture of chronic disease prevalence, care and complications for large populations. This …
  • Advanced Modular Design for Scalable Biosurveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a modular approach to surveillance system design, ensuring flexibility, scalability and fault tolerance.
    … data from eleven hospitals and one large managed care organization in Massachusetts, and data from hospitals …