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  • EpiScape: a map generation service for spatial temporal visualization

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    The Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format has become a recognized standard for the distribution of geographic information system data. In most recent versions of the Real-Time and Outbreak Disease Surveillance (RODS) system, we… read more
    … users to easily overlay RODS map output with other websites and software that output KML, for example, EPA, … users to easily overlay RODS map output with other websites and software that output KML, for example, EPA, … users to easily overlay RODS map output with other websites and software that output KML, for example, EPA, …
  • An automated influenza-like-illness reporting system using freetext emergency department reports

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    Current methods for influenza surveillance include laboratory confirmed case reporting, sentinel physician reporting of Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and chief-complaint monitoring from emergency departments (EDs). The current… read more
    … in that a patient’s chief complaint will not contain all signs and symptoms of a patient. A possible solution to … in that a patient’s chief complaint will not contain all signs and symptoms of a patient. A possible solution to … and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 1999. 3 Two more people die from H1N1 in Pittsburgh area [online] 2009 cited. …
  • Building an automated Bayesian case detection system

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    Current practices of automated case detection fall into the extremes of diagnostic accuracy and timeliness. In regards to diagnostic accuracy, electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) is at one extreme and syndromic surveillance is at… read more
    … is an automated Bayesian diagnostic system that uses all available data types, for example, freetext ED … is an automated Bayesian diagnostic system that uses all available data types, for example, freetext ED reports, … UT, USA, on 1–2 December 2010. References 1 Que J, Tsui FC, Wagner MM. Timeliness study of radiology and …
  • Monitoring Pharmacy Retail Data for Anomalous Space-Time Clusters

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    Bio-surveillance systems monitor multiple data streams (over-the-counter (OTC) sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. influenza) and bio-terrorist attacks (e.g. anthrax re-lease). Many detection… read more
    … attachments, users can access alerts online on the SSS website, add and view com- ments on each alert, and select … User feedback has helped us identify false positives due to “single store” increases (bulk purchases or promo- tional sales) and due to underestimation of baselines, and we have added …
  • Syndromic Surveillance System User Satisfaction and Attitudes

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    With the recent emphasis on public health preparedness, health departments are identifying new ways to prepare for emergencies. There has been a significant increase in the number of syndromic surveillance systems operating in… read more
    … based on real-time information from hospital emergency de- partments that is transmitted and analyzed electroni- … Ques- tionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction (QUIS) de- veloped by the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at … The average age of respondents was 45 years, ranging from 26-60. The majority of the respon- dents were female (71%) …
  • Challenges in adapting an natural language processing system for real-time surveillance

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    We are developing a Bayesian surveillance system for realtime surveillance and characterization of outbreaks that incorporates a variety of data elements, including free-text clinical reports. An existing natural language processing (… read more
    … made changes to the NLP system using a development set of 26 laboratory- verified Shigellosis cases and 20 …
  • Data quality in federated disease surveillance: using variability as an indicator of quality

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    Most, if not all, disease surveillance systems are federated in the sense that hospitals, doctors’ offices, pharmacies are the source of most surveillance data. Although a health department may request or mandate that these… read more
    … Most, if not all, disease surveillance systems are federated in the sense … by public health provide data.’ Introduction Most, if not all, disease surveillance systems are federated in the sense … removal of those stores from a surveillance system did not improve the ability of a typical surveillance …
  • Estimating the incidence of influenza cases that present to emergency departments

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    Our laboratory previously established the value of over-the-counter (OTC) sales data for the early detection of disease outbreaks. We found that thermometer sales (TS) increased significantly and early during influenza (flu) season.… read more
    … the BCD only collects information from a fraction of all EDs in AC (A!0.44), and TS data only cover a fraction of all sales from OTC retail stores in AC (B!0.91). To apply … of Biosurveillance, 1st edn. 2006, p 321. 2 Presanis AM, De Angelis D, Hagy A, Reed C, Riley S, Cooper BS, et al. The …