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Analytic disease surveillance methodology based on emulation of experienced human monitors
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Recently published studies evaluate statistical alerting methods for disease surveillance based on detection of modeled signals in a data background of either authentic historical data or randomized samples. Differences in regional… read more… based on standard data distributions or stylized signals may not alert as desired. Practical algorithm evaluation and adjustment may be possible by judging algorithmperformance according to … based on standard data distributions or stylized signals may not alert as desired. Practical algorithm evaluation and … -
Enhancing Event Communication in Disease Surveillance: ECC 2.0
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Regional disease surveillance systems allow users the ability to view large amounts of population health information and examine automated alerts that suggest increased disease activity. These systems require users to view and… read more… This interpretation is valuable information that may benefit other users. In addition to the … This interpretation is valuable information that may benefit other users. In addition to the daily … This interpretation is valuable information that may benefit other users. In addition to the … -
Using Electronic Surveillance Systems in Resource-Poor Settings: Why and How
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Difficulties in timely acquisition and interpretation of accurate data on communicable diseases can impede outbreak detection and control. These limitations are of global importance: they contribute to avoidable morbidity,… read more… challenges. METHODS Information gained during site visits to functioning disease surveillance systems in low … -
The Tradeoffs Driving Policy and Research Decisions in Biosurveillance
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Every public health monitoring operation faces important decisions in its design phase. These include information sources to be used, the aggregation of data in space and time, the filtering of data records for required… read more… alerting methods, we used 3 years of outpatient clinic visit data in which records were classified by syndrome and … -
Lessons Learned from a National Capitol Region Syndromic Surveillance Tabletop Exercise, Spring 2005
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This paper describes lessons learned from a regional tabletop exercise (TTX) of the National Capital Region (NCR) Syndromic Surveillance Network, from the perspective of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).… local and state health department per- sonnel who may be involved in the daily review and use of syndromic … between public health and non-public health partners who may re- spond to a potential BT threat. RESULTS The NCR TTX … ab- sence of alerts. We feel that syndromic surveillance may: help provide early signal of a problem; be used to … -
Essential Requirements for Effective Advanced Disease Surveillance
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Advanced surveillance systems require expertise from the fields of medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics, and information technology to develop a surveillance application that will automatically acquire, archive, process and present data to the user… read more… to more appropriately categorize an individual into mul- tiple groups so as to not limit the data utility. Simi- …