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Effective Collaboration Models for Statiscians and Public Health Departments
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Public health departments need enhanced surveillance tools for population monitoring, and external researchers have expertise and methods to provide these tools. However, collaboration with potential solution developers and students in academia,… read moreElectronic Health Records and Environmental Public Health Tracking
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The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) is a national surveillance system that integrates environmental hazard, exposure, and health outcome data into one system. The Tracking Network launched in July 2009, and has since… read moreBig Data Analytics for Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Situational Awareness
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A variety of big data analytics, techniques and tools including social media analytics, open source visualizations, statistical anomaly detection, use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and geospatial mapping, are used for infectious… read moreBuilding a Better Syndromic Surveillance System: the New York City Experience
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The New York City (NYC) syndromic surveillance system has monitored syndromes from NYC emergency department (ED) visits since 2001, using the temporal and spatial scan statistic in SaTScan for aberration detection. Since our syndromic system was… read moreBurden of Infectious Disease in a State of India: A Comparative Analysis
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In India the range and burden of infectious diseases is enormous. To address this burden effectively, an estimate of the burden of infectious diseases is essential. The present study aims to analyze data from the Integrated Disease Surveillance… read moreCarbon Monoxide Poisoning during Hurricane Sandy in Affected New York State Counties
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CO poisoning is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in disaster and post-disaster situations, when widespread power outages most likely occur (1, 2). The NYSDOH Syndromic Surveillance System receives daily ED visit chief complaint data from… read moreCDC Surveillance Strategy – A Strategy for Improving CDC Activities in Public Health Surveillance
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Public health surveillance guides efforts to detect and monitor disease and injuries, assess the impact of interventions and assist in the management of and recovery from large-scale public health incidents. Today’s ever-present, media-hungry… read moreChallenges in Surveillance for Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) Infection
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CHIKV is transmitted by mosquitoes and often occurs in large outbreaks with high attack rates. Common symptoms (which can be severe and disabling) include fever, joint pain/swelling, headache, muscle pain and rash. In December 2013, the World Health… read more