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Significant multiple high and low risk regions in event data maps
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The Voronoi Based Scan (VBScan)[1] is a fast method for the detection and inference of point data set space-time disease clusters. A Voronoi diagram is built for points representing population individuals (cases and controls). The number of Voronoi… read moreAutomated chronic disease surveillance and visualization using electronic health record data
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Chronic diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Americans but public health surveillance for these conditions is limited. Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys, and death certificates to gather… read moreReal-time Adaptive Monitoring of Vital Signs for Clinical Alarm Preemption
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Cardiovascular event prediction has long been of interest in the practice of intensive care. It has been approached using signal-processing of vital signs [1-4], including the use of graphical models [3,4]. Our approach is novel in making data… read moreCloud Computing for Syndromic Surveillance
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Two significant barriers to greater use of syndromic surveillance techniques are computational time and software complexity. Computational time refers to the time for many methods (for example, scan statistics and AMOEBA statistics) to create… read morein silico Surveillance: Highly detailed agent-based models for surveillance system evaluation and design
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Modern public health surveillance systems have great potential for improving public health. However, evaluating the performance of surveillance systems is challenging because examples of baseline disease distribution in the population are limited to… read moreUsing Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation
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Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read moreDistributing Countermeasures for All Hazards Events and Reporting their Utilizations
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Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to save lives and protect people during major public health events. In an effort to support these processes, CDC established the Countermeasure Tracking Systems (CTS), which is… read moreUse of Near-Real–Time Data to Inform Underage Drinking Surveillance in Nebraska
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Underage drinking is a significant public health problem in the United States as well as in Nebraska1-2. Alcohol consumption among underage youth accounts for approximately 5,000 deaths each year in the United States, including motor vehicle crash… read more