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Automated detection of data entry errors in a real time surveillance system
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Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP) introduces modern surveillance technology to health departments in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, India. Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary… read more… and Tamil Nadu, India. Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary … and Tamil Nadu, India.1 Triage data from each patient visit (basic demographics, signs, symptoms, preliminary … to human operators for evaluation. The operators may then correct the contents of the database, re-execute … -
Detection of multiple overlapping anomalous clusters in categorical data
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Syndromic surveillance typically involves collecting time-stamped transactional data, such as patient triage or examination records or pharmacy sales. Such records usually span multiple categorical features, such as location, age… read more… Weekly Epidemiological Reports3. The data stores patient visits spanning 26 regions and 9 diseases reported over 2.5 years. We … -
Challenges of introducing disease surveillance technology in developing countries: experiences from India and Sri Lanka
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Modern information and communication technologies have increasingly prominent roles in health care systems. To capitalize on attainable benefits, it is essential to thoroughly and purposefully weave them into the existing business … read more… Pittsburgh, PA, USA E-mail: chamindusampath@gmail.com Objective We review challenges faced during the initial … to transfer paper records of outpatient visits to a central database. Data are then analyzed using … -
Learning Specific Detectors of Adverse Events in Multivariate Time Series
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This paper describes how powerful detectors of adverse events manifested in multivariate series of bio-surveillance data can be learned using only a few labeled instances of such events.… by being able to raise an alert even if none of the com- ponent signals is critical, but if some of them are … powerful specific detectors of adverse events in mul- tivariate time series data, even if the number of …