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Impact of the NSSP’s transition to ESSENCE on chief complaint field-based syndromes
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In January 2017, the NSSP transitioned their BioSense analytical tools to Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a concatenation of the record's… read more -
Using real-time syndromic surveillance to monitor the health effects of air pollution
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The negative effect of air pollution on human health is well documented illustrating increased risk of respiratory, cardiac and other health conditions. Currently, during air pollution episodes Public Health England (PHE) syndromic surveillance… read more -
2017 - 2018 Winter Weather Surveillance in Louisiana
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The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) in the Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) has several applications for syndromic surveillance including situational awareness during unusual and/or high profile events, such as the… read more -
21st Century Approach: Using data and novel technologies to address the opioid crisis
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Clark County, Indiana is geographically located in between the urban area of Louisville, Kentucky and Scott County, Indiana. Scott County is the site for the largest HIV outbreak in the history of the United States, directly related to high rates of… read more -
A Fairer Mirror: Equity-limited Healthcare System Rankings
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Healthcare systems are often evaluated using comparative health care rankings. Simulations have shown that maximally inequitable health care systems can perform well in published, influential health care system rankings by excelling in non-equity… read more -
A machine-learning algorithm to identify hepatitis C in health insurance claims data
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Monitoring the burden of chronic HCV infection requires robust methods to identify patients with infection. Insurance claims… read more -
A Novel Method for Rapid Mapping of the Spatial Intensity of Influenza Epidemics
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Surveillance of influenza epidemics is a priority for risk assessment and pandemic preparedness. Mapping epidemics can be challenging because influenza infections are incompletely ascertained, ascertainment can vary spatially, and often a… read more -
A Semantic Platform for Surveillance of Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been linked to a variety of detrimental health and social outcomes. In the last 20 years, the association between ACEs with several adult health risk behaviors, conditions, and diseases including suicides,… read more