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PocketAID: The Pocket Atlas of Infectious Diseases Mobile Application
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There are a wide variety of available web-based apps, such as CDC's Epidemic Information Exchange, that provide infectious disease information and disease distribution [1]. Publicly available, online data can be used to inform a user of general… read more -
Potential Applications of Emerging Technologies in Disease Surveillance
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With the increase in the amount of public health data along with the growth of public health informatics, it is important for epidemiologists to understand the current trends in technology and the impact they may have in the field. Because it is… read more -
Day of Week Analysis of Myocardial Infarctions Using ESSENCE-FL Emergency Department Data
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Syndromic surveillance ED data has historically shown the highest number of visits on Mondays, with decreasing volumes throughout the week. Previous studies have shown that increased negative health outcomes have occurred on Mondays. A study in the… read more -
Power, Potential, and Pitfalls of Surveillance using Clinical Ancillary Services Data
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Military service members and their families work and live around the world where both endemic and emerging infectious diseases are common. Timely infectious disease surveillance helps to inform medical and policy decisions which ensure mission… read more -
Practical Story: Real People, Real Urine, Unreal UTI
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (ASB) is defined as the presence of bacteria in the urine of a patient without signs or symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). It is one of the most common reasons for inappropriate antibiotic use in hospitalized… read more -
Precarious Data: Crack, Opioids, and Visualizing a Drug Abuse Epidemic
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In late 2015, two economists studying health-related data inadvertently discovered an alarming trend: death rates for middle-aged, white Americans were dramatically increasing from drug overdoses (Kolata, 2015), particularly opioids (CDC, 2015). The… read more -
Integrating Medical Examiner Data in Utah
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The Office of the Medical Examiner (OME) is a statewide system for investigation of sudden and unexpected death in Utah. OME, in the Utah Department of Health (UDOH), certified over 2000 of the 13,920 deaths in Utah in 2008. Information from OME… read more -
Using cross-correlation networks to identify and visualize patterns in disease transmission
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Syndromic surveillance data such as the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) is broadly monitored to provide awareness of respiratory disease epidemiology. Diverse algorithms have been employed to find geospatial trends in … read more