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HAIISS Data Warehouse (HDW)FA new data access architecture for ESSENCE in the VA
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The data elements required for the proper functionality of VA’s ESSENCE system are all currently available within VA’s 128 VistA systems. These data are made available to VA’s ESSENCE system via a series of complicated MUMPS extraction routines,… read more… University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA E-mail: anoshiravan.moshtaghimi@va.gov Objective To describe … -
Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks
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Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little meaning. Many… read more… Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA E-mail: adjoa.poku@jhuapl.edu Objective This paper describes … -
SAGES: a suite of freely available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings
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Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to global public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 1100 epidemic events worldwide in the last 5 years alone. Recently, the emergence of the… read more… Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA E-mail: Sheri.Lewis@jhuapl.edu Objective This paper describes …