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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… despite not finding any additional cases. Investigators may become more confident that all related cases have … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Aiding the practice of tuberculosis control: a decision support model to predict transmission
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A new TB case can be classified as: 1) a source case for transmission leading to other, secondary active TB cases; 2) a secondary case, resulting from recent transmission; or 3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e. neither… read more… while being Canadian-born (OD 2.87, 95% CI 1.94; 4.26) and being Haitian-born (OD 3.09, 95% CI 1.99; 4.78) were … of source and secondary cases in the available data may have limited performance. However, the model can be an … tuberculosis. Respirology. 2004;9:313�9. 2. Fok A, Numata Y, Schulzer M, FitzGerald MJ. Risk factors for clustering of … -
HealthSIS: a solution for Local Public Health Reporting and Surveillance in KY
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Multiple options (1,2) are available for health care provider organizations to receive assistance in demonstrating compliance with meaningful use requirements for public health reporting (3). A certified EHR solution is a requirement for… read more… struggling with health data exchange. SearchHealthIT.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from … BMC Res Notes. 2011;4:187. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/187 *Timothy Ellis E-mail: tim.ellis@emergint.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 … -
Recursive Least Squares Prediction of Syndromic Data for Surveillance
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This paper describes a method to predict syndromic data for surveillance of public health using the method of recursive least squares and a new method of correcting for the day of week effect in order to have a prediction of… read more… prediction results are practically worthless. My approach to this issue is a two-step method. Assume the … be represented by two Gaus- sian random variables X and Y , with associated distribution functions ( )Xf x and ( )Yf y . A first set of corrections are made by considering a … -
Development of public health communication tools using open source methods
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Secure and confidential exchange of information is the cornerstone of public health practice. Often, this exchange has to occur between public health agencies across jurisdictions. Examples include notification of reportable diseases… read more… was developed using open source software, PHP and My SQL. The novel concept adopted by Apple iTunes App Store … -
Ten Years of Syndromic Surveillance in New Hampshire: Innovation, Experience and Outcomes
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In response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) engaged state and external partners in the design of an early warning surveillance system to support bioterrorism and emergency… read more… expanded to include drill down custom querying for all 26 acute care hospitals (allowing NH to realize statewide ED … STEMS, APHA Annual Conference; 2006. http://apha.confex.- com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm. *David Swenson … 11173 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11173 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm …