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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… Tsui et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 95 Conclusions We demonstrate utility … area [online] 2009 cited. Available from: http://kdka.com/health/H1N1.flu.deaths. 2.1321133.html. Automated … Health Threats Journal F-C Tsui et al. 2011, 4:s117 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 96 … -
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… Tsui et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 68 Acknowledgements The project is … Health Threats Journal F-C Tsui et al. 2011, 4:s101 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 69 …