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Looking for Anthrax: Feasibility Study of Free Text Analytics for Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance
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The primary objective of this study is to assess the capability of an advanced text analytics tool that uses natural language processing techniques to extract important medical information collected as part of routine emergency room care (history,… read more… surveil- lance uses health associated information (i.e., symp- toms) that precede diagnosis as a signal of a … a cod- ing schema (i.e., International Classification of Dis- eases (ICD-9) codes) and are unable to accurately … to identify and extract information related to the di- agnosis/occurrence of specific syndromes of interest. … -
Survey of Syndromic Surveillance Uses
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Syndromic surveillance is the surveillance of healthrelated data that precedes diagnosis to detect a disease outbreak or other health related event that warrants a public health response. Though syndromic surveillance is… read more… MPH, Katherine Endress, MPH, and Anthony Barbagallo Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. OBJECTIVE The objective of this … analysis. The foundation for this effort is a 2003 Booz Allen report done for the Health Resources and Service …