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  • Infection Control Practitioner Use of NC DETECT

    Content Type: Abstract

    The UNC Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC DEM) conducted an online survey to better understand the surveillance needs of Infection Control Practitioners (ICPs) in North Carolina and solicit feedback on the utility of the North Carolina Disease… read more
    … of the reports available to ICPs and provide targeted training on the specific surveillance needs of ICPs. In … Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE). Training should focus on the tools in NC DETECT that assist …
  • Learning Specific Detectors of Adverse Events in Multivariate Time Series

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes how powerful detectors of adverse events manifested in multivariate series of bio-surveillance data can be learned using only a few labeled instances of such events.
    … using domain expertise, if the amount of available training data is insufficient to support automated learning … for machine learning techniques which would allow for training specific detectors even if the number of iden- … improvement can be obtained by combining into the training data labels on false posi- tives with one, then …
  • Enabling User-Driven Public Health Analyses through Automated Data Querying

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health officials are now receiving more data than ever in electronic formats, and also stand to benefit more than ever from ongoing advances in the medical and epidemiological sciences. At the same time, this growing … read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II).” Journal of Urban Health, Volume 80(2)S1: …
  • A Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    This abstract describes a suite of software utilities that have been developed for systematically evaluating the detection performance and robustness of univariate temporal alerting algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems.
    … terms of both detection performance and ro- bustness, the ESSENCE Univariate Alerting Algorithm Test Framework … performance of the principal alert- ing algorithm used in ESSENCE to the performance of the EARS C1, C2, and C3 …
  • Enhanced Public Health Surveillance Activities in Miami-Dade County for Super Bowl XLI

    Content Type: Abstract

    A large event such as the Super Bowl that attracts over 120,000 visitors to an area within a short period of time has the potential to increase the risk of communicable diseases and environmental hazards in a community in… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE), the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue 911 Call Center data … the average of 2,315 for the first two months of 2007. ESSENCE detected a significant increase of cases with …
  • Text-Processing of VA Clinical Notes to Improve Case Detection Models for Influenza-like Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Objective There were two objectives of this analysis. First, apply text-processing methods to free-text clinician notes extracted from the VA electronic medical record for automated detection of Influenza-Like-Illness. Secondly,… read more
    … the text-processing techniques alone and with addition of ESSENCE based ICD9 codes (VAMHCS 197) and clinical data … (91%,91%,16%). Combining text-processing methods with ESSENCE based ICD-9 codes or adding expectorant orders …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance in the Investigation of Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    On June 22, 2007 increases in over-the-counter (OTC) electrolyte and child anti-fever medication sales were detected through routine OTC surveillance. Increases in emergency department (ED) data for gastrointestinal (GI) illness among… read more
    … Early notification of the EDs could also aide in ob- taining clinical specimens as new potential cases pre- sent … from EDs need to be developed, either through staff training or remote access by DOHMH. References: [1] Balter …
  • Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View

    Content Type: Abstract

    This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more
    … with the “core” syndromic surveillance system (i.e. Essence, BioSense, etc.), and applying/analyzing several …