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Maximum Entropy Models in Chief Complaint Classification
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This paper describes a novel approach to the statistical classification of free-text chief complaints for the purpose of syndromic surveillance.… was implemented using the open-source Stan- ford NLP toolkit. The presence or absence of all fre- quently … -
Real-time, reusable, dynamic public health surveillance
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The resources available in most public health departments are limited. Access to trained technical personnel and stateof-the-art computing resources are also lacking. Customizable off-the-shelf systems contribute only to creation of information… read more… interesting possibilities to expand this surveillance toolkit. This is an Open Access article distributed under … -
User Interface Design for a Biosurveillance System
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INDICATOR provides an open source platform for biosurveillance and outbreak detection. Data sources currently include emergency department, patient advisory nurse, outpatient clinic, and school absence activity We are currently working with the… read more… and flulike illness (Fig. 1). The team chose Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a well- supported open source software … -
A systematic approach to building and sustaining a regional and local biosurveillance community of practice
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Although the advent of the ONCs "meaningful use" criteria has added significant new incentives for healthcare organizations to provide the necessary data for implementing syndromic surveillance, incentives alone are not sufficient to sustain a… read more… Practice*A Biosur- veillance Resource Compendium is a CD toolkit intended to help public health agencies implement an … -
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
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Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… machines, or images, for the public to use. The GeoViz Toolkit was one of the software packages delivered in this … implied. References 1. Hardisty F, Robinson A. The GeoViz Toolkit: using component- oriented coordination methods to … (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. The GeoViz Toolkit is shown with multiple views of rates of ILI. The …