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Applications of Syndromic Surveillance in Resource Poor Settings: A Series of Case Studies
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Particularly in resource-poor settings, syndromic surveillance has been proposed as a feasible solution to the challenges in meeting the new disease surveillance requirements included in the World Health Organization's International Health… read moreNovel Approach to Statewide Biosurveillance Using Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Information
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The purpose of the National Collaborative for Bio-preparedness (NCB-P) is to enhance biosurveillance and situational awareness to better inform decision-making using a statewide approach. EMS represents a unique potential data source because it… read moreMonitoring Twitter content related to Influenza-like-Illness in Spanish-speaking populations
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Influenza is a recurrent viral disease with potential to result in pandemics. Therefore it is necessary to have a timely, responsive and accurate detection. The use of Twitter as a source for data mining in biosurveillance has been previously shown… read moreImprovement of Epidemiology Business Processes through the Evolution of Biosurveillance
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In the last decade, the scope of public health (PH) surveillance has grown, and biosurveillance capacity has expanded in Duval County. In 2004, the Duval County Health Department (DCHD) implemented a standalone syndromic surveillance (SS) system… read moreAn Open Source Quality Assurance Tool for HL7 v2 Syndromic Surveillance Messages
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The CMS EHR Incentive Programs include a measure for meaningful use of EHR systems for submitting syndromic surveillance messages to public health. The Stage 2 measure defines the standard for transmission to be HL7 v2.5.1 Admit/Discharge/Transfer… read moreFast Graph Structure Learning from Unlabeled Data for Outbreak Detection
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Disease surveillance data often has an underlying network structure (e.g. for outbreaks which spread by person-to-person contact). If the underlying graph structure is known, detection methods such as GraphScan (1) can be used to identify an… read moreUser 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 moreEducation as a mechanism to reduce spread of brucellosis among at-risk populations in Uzbekistan
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One goal of the Biological Threat Reduction Program of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency is the enhancement of surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union. One of the… read more