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Processing of Novel Electronic Health Data to Support Public Health Surveillance
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Accurately gauging the health status of a population during an event of public health significance (e.g. hurricanes, H1N1 2009 pandemic) in support of emergency response and situation awareness efforts can be a challenge for established public… read more… health information systems that previously had been un-vetted as public health information sources. These … health information systems that previously had been un-vetted as public health information sources. These … -
BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Panel on Influenza-like Illness (ILI) Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Influenza-like illness (ILI) is an annual concern for communities and health authorities worldwide. As we enter the already active 2013-2014 flu season, join ISDS and the BioSense Redesign Team for a Webinar about using emergency department (ED… read more… Team for a Webinar about using emergency department (ED) visit data for ILI surveillance. You will learn the basics … for influenza control and prevention. Identify crucial ED visit data elements used in ILI surveillance. Compare and … Weekly Sentinel testing sites + rapid flu test & ILI Visit complaint Person based MU-ILI TBD Meaningful Use ILI … -
Comparison of the US outpatient influenza-like illness surveillance network and the Google Flu Trends from 2008 to 2010
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http://Google.org developed a regression model that used the volume of influenza-related search queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to estimate the level of ILI… read more… queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to … report weekly ILI activity as the percentage of patient visits to health care providers for ILI from the total number patient visits for the week. Estimates of ILI in 121 cities … -
Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance
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During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more… reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … Society for Disease Surveillance, Boston, MA, USA E-mail: krk9@cdc.gov Objective To compare ILI data reported to … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … -
FluView interactive: using user-centered design and usability heuristics to improve visualization of influenza information
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Given the periodic nature of influenza activity, it is important to develop visualization tools that enable enhanced decision-making. User-Centered Design is a set of software development methodologies that primarily employ user… read more… and Prevention, Influenza Division, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: jvu5@cdc.gov Objective The objective of this study is …