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Exploring the Value of Learned Representations for Automated Syndromic Definitions
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Comprehensive medical syndrome definitions are critical for outbreak investigation, disease trend monitoring, and public health surveillance. However, because current definitions are based on keyword string-matching, they may miss important… read more -
Using Electronic Health Records for Public Health Hypertension Surveillance
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Hypertension (HTN) is a highly prevalent chronic condition and strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. HTN is amenable to prevention and control through public and population health programs and policies. Therefore, public and population… read more -
Implementation of a Facility Based County Surveillance System Using Epi Info
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Surveillance in nursing homes (Enserink et al., 2011) and day care facilities (Enserink et al., 2012) has been conducted in the Netherlands, but is not commonly practiced in the United States (Buehler et al., 2008). Outbreaks of illnesses within… read more -
How can we assess the effects of urban environment on obesity using aggregated data?
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Where we live' affects 'How we live'. Information about 'how one lives' collected from the public health surveillance data such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Neighborhood environment surrounding individuals affects their… read more -
Adoption of Public Health Readiness Guidelines for Meaningful Use
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The Syndromic Surveillance Consortium of Southeast Texas (SSCSeT) consists of 13 stakeholders who represent 19 counties or jurisdictions in the Texas Gulf Coast region and receives health data from over 100 providers. The Houston Health Department (… read more -
Impact assessment of mass gatherings using labelling procedure in ED, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 2016
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The massive flow of people to mass gathering events, such as festivals or sports events like EURO 2016, may increase public health risks. In the particular context of several terrorist attacks that took place in France in 2015, the French national… read more -
Evaluation of Syndrome Algorithms for Detecting Pneumonia Emergency Department Visits
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The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) uses ED syndromic surveillance to monitor near real-time trends in pneumonia visits. The original pneumonia algorithm was developed based on ED chief complaints, and more recently was modified… read more -
Epi Evident: Biosurveillance to Monitor, Compare, and Forecast Disease Case Counts
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The Epi Evident application was designed for clear and comprehensive visualization for monitoring, comparing, and forecasting notifiable diseases simultaneously across chosen countries. Epi Evident addresses the taxing analytical evaluation of how… read more