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Can we identify bellwether states with respect to syphilis incidence?
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The time series of syphilis cases has been studied at the country and state level at the yearly basis, and it has been found that syphilis has a periodicity of approximately 10 years. However, to inform prevention efforts, it is important to… read more… Sex Transm Dis. 1997;24:443�8. *Mauricio Monsalve E-mail: mauricio-monsalve@uiowa.edu (page number not for … -
Ten Years After Amerithrax: Have Improvements to Our Bioterrorism and Influenza Surveillance Networks Enhanced Our Preparedness?
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The use of syndromic surveillance systems by state and local health departments for the detection of bioterrorist events and emerging infections has greatly increased since 2001. While these systems have proven useful for tracking influenza and… read more… Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59:872�7. *Alan Siniscalchi E-mail: alan.siniscalchi@ct.gov (page number not for citation … -
Optimal sequential management decisions for measles outbreaks
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Optimal sequential management of disease outbreaks has been shown to dramatically improve the realized outbreak costs when the number of newly infected and recovered individuals is assumed to be known (1,2). This assumption has been relaxed so that… read more… RR, Himmelspach J, White KP, Fu M, eds. *Jarad Niemi E-mail: niemi@iastate.edu (page number not for citation … -
Real-time Adaptive Monitoring of Vital Signs for Clinical Alarm Preemption
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Cardiovascular event prediction has long been of interest in the practice of intensive care. It has been approached using signal-processing of vital signs [1-4], including the use of graphical models [3,4]. Our approach is novel in making data… read more… tabase.html. *Madalina Fiterau E-mail: mfiterau@cs.cmu.edu (page number not for citation … -
Mining Intensive Care Vitals for Leading Indicators of Adverse Health Events
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The status of each Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient is routinely monitored and a number of vital signs are recorded at sub-second frequencies which results in large amounts of data. We propose an approach to transform this stream of raw vital… read more… and case studies. Taylor & Francis; 2010. *Rajas Lonkar E-mail: rlonkar@andrew.cmu.edu (page number not for citation … -
An Evaluation of Electronic Laboratory Data Quality and a Health Information Exchange
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Electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) was demonstrated just over a decade ago to be an effective method to improve the timeliness of reporting as well as the number of reports submitted to public health agencies. The quality of data (inc.… read more… Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons; 2007. *Brian Dixon E-mail: bdixon@regenstrief.org (page number not for citation … -
Applications of the ESSENCE Desktop Edition for Outbreak Detection in a Resource-Limited Setting
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Recent events have focused on the role of emerging and re-emerging diseases not only as a significant public health threat but also as a serious threat to the economy and security of nations. The lead time to detect and contain a novel emerging… read more… diseases. Nature. 2004;430:242�9. *John Mark Velasco E-mail: VelascoJM@afrims.org (page number not for citation … -
Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration
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The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. Epidemiologists at the Office of Public Health (OPH) monitor the VA population at the national level. The system is also intended for facility-level monitoring to cover 152 medical… read more… Health Association, November 2009. *Howard Burkom E-mail: howard.burkom@jhuapl.edu (page number not for citation …