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  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States 2014: Results from a Nationwide Survey

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    Spurred by recent advances in PH informatics, the implementation of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use), and the opportunities provided by the availability of the redesigned BioSense program, SyS… read more
    … partners to provide relevant CBA – information transfer, training, and technical assistance – to further … partners to provide relevant CBA – information transfer, training, and technical assistance – to further …
  • Learning Stable Multivariate Baseline Models for Outbreak Detection

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    We propose a novel technique for building generative models of real-valued multivariate time series data streams. Such models are of considerable utility as baseline simulators in anomaly detection systems. The proposed algorithm, based on Linear… read more
    … sequences of realistic baselines using small samples of training data. Document … sequences of realistic baselines using small samples of training data. BACKGROUND Time series analysis is an … In both cases, our method is able to use very little training data to learn a stable model that captures the …
  • Improving Syndromic Data Quality through Implementation of Error Capture Module

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    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic … NZ), which standardizes messages before entering ESSENCE. Mechanisms in the ingestion route (error-handling …
  • Near-Real-Time Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Nebraska by Using ESSENCE

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    CVD is one of the leading causes of death in the US, with 800,000 deaths being linked to CVD every year. Recently, the CDC reported that 1 in 4 of these deaths could be prevented by lifestyle changes, creating healthier living spaces, as well as… read more
    … Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Nebraska by Using ESSENCE …
  • Identification and tracking of heat-related illnesses using syndromic surveillance

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    The summer of 2010 in Maryland was characterized by unusually high temperatures. This type of increased and prolonged heat can potentially make residents sick, and extreme exposure can even kill people at highest risk. Numerous… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) was used to monitor heat-related illnesses … the state.   Objective This paper describes the use of ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance system, to monitor …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

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    In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more
    … from 55 hospitals. The ISDH analyzes these data using ESSENCE and initiates field investigations when human review … is the first local health department in Indiana using ESSENCE.   Objective This paper describes how local and …
  • Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness

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    Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all … Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) uses ESSENCE daily for the early detection of public health …
  • Talking Turkish: Using N-Grams for Syndromic Surveillance in a Turkish Emergency Department without the Need for English Translation

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    Previously we used an “N-Gram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in English for bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are… read more
    … Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … respiratory grouping of ICD9 codes created by the ESSENCE-CDC project. We then used an N- Gram method adapted …