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  • A Novel, Context-Sensitive Approach to Anonymizing Spatial Surveillance Data: Impact on Outbreak Detection

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    The use of spatially-based methods and algorithms in epidemiology and surveillance presents privacy challenges for researchers and public health agencies. We describe a novel method for anonymizing individuals in public health datasets, by… read more
    … set- ting. METHODS Cases were emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory illness. Baseline ED visit data were in- jected with artificially-created …
  • Comparing Telehealth and NACRS Influenza Activity to Fluwatch Surveillance Using EARS-X

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    This paper will use CDCís EARS-X to examine Tele-healthís potential as an early warning system specifically for influenza-like illness compared to NACRS, as well as qualitatively comparing the resultant EARS flags to peaks in influenza activity… read more
    … collecting all ICD-10 physician coded ambulatory care visits in Ontario since 2000. For the purpose of this paper, only ED visit portion of the dataset was included in the analysis. …
  • A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for Detection of Clusters of Lower Gastrointestinal Illness

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    We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the detection of clusters of lower gastrointestinal illness, using AC and ED data and AC+ED data combined, from two geographically separate health plans participating… read more
    … For each data stream— AC, ED, and AC+ED combined—repeat visits were omitted if they occurred within 6 weeks of a previous visit to the same setting for LGI. Generalized linear mixed …
  • Clinical decision support at the time of an e-prescription can sustainably decrease unwarranted use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections

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    Microorganisms resistant to antibiotics (ABX) increase the mortality, morbidity and costs of infections. In the absence of a drug development pipeline that can keep pace with the emerging resistancemechanisms, these organisms are expected… read more
    … ARI symptoms)) to EMR entries surrounding all outpatient visits (n!4.1 million) during our study period (January … were then manu- ally abstracted on the day of each index visit for all information required to establish …
  • Telephone Triage Data for Detection of Influenza-like Illness

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    National surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus variants and to monitor influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Nurse telephone triage (“call”) data may serve as a useful complement to… read more
    … on number of influenza isolates and percentage of total visits to sentinel providers for influenza-like illness were … [2] Henry JV, Magruder S, Snyder M. Comparison of office visit and nurse advice hotline data for syndromic …
  • Nurse Call Data for Detection of Influenza-Like Illness

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    Influenza affects millions of people and causes about 36,000 deaths in the United States each winter. Pandemics of influenza emerge at irregular intervals. National influenza surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus… read more
    … data on number of influenza isolates and percentage of visits for ILI from sentinel providers were com- pared to … ] Henry JV, Magruder S, Snyder M. Comparison of office visit d nurse advice hotline data for syndromic …
  • Development of Text-Based Algorithm for Opioid Overdose Identification in EMS Data

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    Opioid overdoses have emerged within the last five to ten years to be a major public health concern. The high potential for fatal events, disease transmission, and addiction all contribute to negative outcomes. However, what is currently known about… read more
    … course of addiction and lack of consistent health care visits. Overdose patients are also reluctant to follow-up or … course of addiction and lack of consistent health care visits. Overdose patients are also reluctant to follow-up or …
  • Evaluating the Ability of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Detect Heat-Related Illnesses in Houston, TX, 2009-2012

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    Extreme heat events over the past 30 years have resulted in unprecedented increase in the numbers of heat-related morbidity and mortality across the world (1-3). During the same time frame, Houston residents has experienced three of the hottest… read more
    … is currently able to monitor emergency departments (ED) visits across the Houston metropolitan area, Harris County, … is currently able to monitor emergency departments (ED) visits across the Houston metropolitan area, Harris County, …