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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… immediate, and ELR is delayed 7 days from initial patient visit. A plausible solution, a middle way, to the extremes … Building an automated Bayesian case detection system F-C Tsui, J Espino, T Sriburadej, H Su, and J Dowling RODS … mediate, and ELR is delayed 7 days from initial patient visit.1 A plausible solution, a middle way, to the extremes … -
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… system using freetext emergency department reports F-C Tsui1, H Su1, J Dowling1, RE Voorhees2, JU Espino1, and … Journal 2011, 4:s117. doi: 10.3134/ehtj.10.117 & 2011 F-C Tsui et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. … area [online] 2009 cited. Available from: http://kdka.com/health/H1N1.flu.deaths. 2.1321133.html. Automated …