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OutbreakMD: tracking and identifying disease outbreaks in post-earthquake Haiti
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HealthMap is a real-time disease epidemic intelligence tracking and visualization system that collects information from general news media, individual first-hand reports and public health sources around the world. Gaps in this effort clearly occur… read more -
Use of the National Poison Data System for surveillance of human health effects from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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NPDS is the only source for national surveillance data regarding human exposures to hazardous substances and their health effects. It is a near real-time surveillance system operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) in… read more -
Using administrative databases to identify cases of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
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CKD is currently the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease, the most severe form of CKD, has doubled in the last decade.1 Early detection and treatment of CKD is critical to slowdown the… read more -
Using chief complaint data to evaluate the effectiveness of a statewide smoking ban
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In November 2006, Ohioans supported a statute that set into law a requirement that all public places, and places of employment in Ohio prohibit smoking.1 The law took effect in December 2006; however, the rules for implementation were not finalized… read more -
Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more -
PHIN-MS deployment acceptability survey for the data transfer of syndromic data between hospitals and public health
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PHIN-MS can send and receive data securely and automatically. It is used by many hospitals in the state(s) to send data to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) for both our National Electronic Disease… read more -
Predicting extreme asthma events in London using quantile regression models
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The burden of asthma is a major public health issue, and of a wider interest particularly to public health practitioners, health care providers and policy makers, as well as researchers. The literature on forecasting of adverse respiratory health… read more -
Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience
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On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
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