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Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments
Content Type: Use Case
Use case for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Problem… read more -
Validation of the Michigan's Public Health Syndromic System Using Electronic Medical Records
Content Type: Abstract
Michigan has been collecting chief complaint data from emergency departments statewide to support situational awareness activities related to communicable disease since 2004. We validated the syndromic system by comparing the chief complaint data to… read more -
Biosurveillance Adaptable Framework for Teaming, Exploration and Reuse (BioAFTER)
Content Type: Abstract
Next-generation software environments for disease surveillance will need to have several important characteristics, among which are collaboration and search and discovery features, access to various data sets, and a variety of analytic methods.… read more -
Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) Workflow Analysis
Content Type: Abstract
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate (DTRA CB) has initiated the Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) research and development program. Work process flow diagrams, with associated explanations and… read more -
A Second Chance: Overdose Prevention, Naloxone, and Human Rights in the United States
Content Type: Report
This report, published April 2017 from Human Rights Watch, explores measures required for an effective program to prevent opioid overdose deaths and current legal, policy and other challenges to be addressed. -
Surveillance to Manage Disease on Canadian Swine Farms
Content Type: Abstract
On a day to day basis, farmers and their veterinarians deal with many diseases without the benefit of surveillance for early outbreak detection, or coordinated outbreak responses. Without this support, highly contagious pathogens such as Porcine… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance of Motor Vehicle Crash Related Injuries In Nebraska
Content Type: Abstract
Motor vehicle crashes (MVC) are a significant public health problem in Nebraska. These events cost Nebraska $1.6 billion a year, are the leading cause of injury death, and the fourth leading cause of injury hospital treatment in the state. Speeding… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance of Respiratory Pathogens using Routine ED Data in England
Content Type: Abstract
Within the UK, previous syndromic surveillance studies have used statistical estimation to describe the activity of respiratory pathogens. The Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System (EDSSS) was initially developed in preparation of… read more