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Use of CDC's Epidemic Information Exchange system as a Disease Surveillance Tool
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Epi-X is an internet-based secure website for the exchange of information regarding developing public health events. Reports are exchanged with state epidemiologists, state health officers, and other key public health officials. Provisional and… read more… surveillance; secure; case finding *James Schwendinger E-mail: bnz2@cdc.gov (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Using cKASS to facilitate knowledge authoring and sharing for syndromic surveillance
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Mining text for real-time syndromic surveillance usually requires a comprehensive knowledge base (KB) which contains detailed information about concepts relevant to the domain, such as disease names, symptoms, drugs, and radiology findings. Two such… read more… Bled, Slovenia, July 6; 2011:75�82. *Liqin Wang E-mail: liqin.wang@utah.edu (page number not for citation … -
Unstructured Free-text Data and Meaningful Use
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In 2010, as rules for the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Electronic Heatlh Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use)(1), were finalized, ISDS became aware of a trend towards new EHR systems capturing or sending emergency department (ED)… read more… *Charles Ishikawa E-mail: cishikawa@syndromic.org (page number not for citation … -
US Destinations of Newly Arrived Immigrants and Refugees with Suspect TB, 2009-2010
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Immigrants and refugees are required to undergo tuberculosis (TB) screening before entering the United States (US)(1). Nearly 700 overseas panel physicians designated by the US Department of State, perform these screenings (2). Over 450,000 new… read more… http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/DRO/dro_org.html. *Deborah Lee E-mail: DLEE1@cdc.gov (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Digital Surveillance of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Identifying Hot-spots for Emerging Zoonoses
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The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-faceted, clandestine industry that has led to the disruption of fragile ecosystems, facilitated the spread of pathogens, and has led to the emergence of novel infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals, and… read more… Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2001;356:6. *Amy Sonricker Hansen E-mail: alhansen@albany.edu (page number not for citation … -
Invited Commentary: Automated Public Health Reporting-- A Familiar but Cantankerous Friend
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The Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP) project by Klompas et al. (1) promises improved public health reporting by exploiting information captured in electronic health records. This project pulls together a number of… read more… Mental Hygiene, 622 W 168 St, VC5, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: hripcsak@ columbia.edu). 1 Advances in Disease … -
Regional Emergence of TB Lesions in Swine Identified at Slaughter
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A case study presented at the November 2010 Iowa Annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners detailed increases in STB lesions beginning January 2010 [1]. Producers were informed of the problem by their swine processing facility. Tissue… read more… *Wolf Weber E-mail: wolf.d.weber@aphis.usda.gov (page number not for … -
Early Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using The Full Text of Letters to the Editor
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Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. The majority of post-marketing surveillance for ADEs is passive. Information regarding ADEs is reported to the medical community in peer-reviewed journals. However, in… read more… Proc. ANLP97. Washington, DC; 1997: 16�9. *Chao Yang E-mail: chao-yang@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation …