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  • Linking Public Health and Healthcare Data for Syndromic Surveillance

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    A number of syndromic surveillance systems include tools that quickly identify potentially large disease outbreak events. However, the high falsepositive rate continues to be a problem in all of these systems. Our earlier work… read more
    … the high falsepositive rate continues to be a problem in all of these systems. Our earlier work has showed … 5 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … false- positive rate continues to be a problem [4–6] in all of these systems. Our earlier work has showed that …
  • Distributed Multi-agent Architecture for Decision Support in Public Health Networks

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    One of the significant challenges that multi-user biosurveillance systems have is alarm management. Currently deployed syndromic surveillance systems [1–3] have a single user interface. However, different users have different objectives; the… read more
    … in Public.pdf 1 view Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … capabilities of syndromic systems. REFERENCES 1. Tsui, F.C., J.U. Espino, V.M. Dato, P.H. Gesteland, J. Hutman, …
  • 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 more
    … 5 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … system sectors that have similar water characteristics de- pending on the hydrostatic pressure and distance from … Health and WQ BBNs to assess the degree of belief that de- graded WQ is or is not associated with illnesses. The …