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  • A bootstrapping method to improve cohort identification

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    The research reported in this paper is part of a larger effort to achieve better signal-to-noise ratio, hence accuracy, in pharmacovigilance applications. The relatively low frequency of occurrence of adverse drug reactions leads to… read more
    … encounters with related ICD-9 codes. 2. Identify a training set T, from W, containing positive and negative … of ICD-9 codes of the given diagnosis, tapers down as training progresses, while the learned relationship …
  • Hepatitis A Surveillance Evaluation in Mafraq Health Directorate, Jordan 2010

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    Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is usually mild in childhood but more severe in adolescents and adults'. An estimated 1.4 million cases of HAV infection occur annually in the world. The case-fatality rate among patients of all ages is… read more
    … on laboratory test. Surveillance does not require complex training, equipments or fulltime working personnel. …
  • An evaluation of mobile phone technology use for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in Andhra Pradesh, India

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    Public health surveillance systems are constantly facing challenges of epidemics and shortage in the health care workforce. These challenges are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where new… read more
    … lack of guidelines for usage and lack of systematic training of workforce for using the system. Conclusions Use … and guidelines for deployment and usage, systematic training plans and adequate resources for the technology to …
  • Resolving the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome

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    To date, most syndromic surveillance systems rely heavily on complicated statistical algorithms to identify aberrations. The assumption is that when the statistics identify something unusual, follow-up should occur. However, with multiple strata… read more
    … phrases, and combinations of variables were used to train the natural language processor (NLP) on which records … and alerting thresholds needed to cause a flag and (2) training the NLP to return a list of key chief complaints …
  • Using Electronic Surveillance Systems in Resource-Poor Settings: Why and How

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    Difficulties in timely acquisition and interpretation of accurate data on communicable diseases can impede outbreak detection and control. These limitations are of global importance: they contribute to avoidable morbidity,… read more
    … and analysis; the skill sets of current personnel and the training needed for the new system; and the commitment of …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language

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    Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more
    … AT&T Labs applied to the first 10 months of data as a training set to create a Turkish CC RESP classifier. We next …
  • Implementation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Using a General Practitioner's House Calls Network

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    Recent health events in France, such as the dramatic excess of mortality occurred during the 2003 heat wave showed the need for a better provision of information to health authorities. A new syndromic surveillance system based on the… read more
    … (Cire),Bordeaux, France (2) French Field Epidemiology Training Programme (PROFET), InVS, ENSP, France (3) SOS …
  • Lessons Learned from a National Capitol Region Syndromic Surveillance Tabletop Exercise, Spring 2005

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    This paper describes lessons learned from a regional tabletop exercise (TTX) of the National Capital Region (NCR) Syndromic Surveillance Network, from the perspective of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).
    … cross-jurisdictional alerting protocol; more extensive training of those who monitor ESSENCE, such as alerting to …