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Comparing Emergency Department Gunshot Wound Data with Mass Casualty Shooting Reports
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Shootings with multiple victims are a concern for public safety and public health. The precise impact of such events and the trends associated with them is dependent on which events are counted. Some reports only consider events with multiple deaths… read more… for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement … for syndromic surveillance will capture all of those visits. Analysis of that data may be useful as a supplement … -
Identifying Clusters of Rare and Novel Words in Emergency Department Chief Complaints
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A goal of biosurveillance is to identify incidents that require a public health response. The challenge is creating specific definitions of such incidents so they can be detected. In syndromic surveillance, this is accomplished by classifying… read more… data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only … data into categories, and then looking for increases in visits related to those categories. This approach can only …