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  • Finding medically unexplained symptoms within VA clinical documents using v3NLP

    Content Type: Abstract

    Pro-WATCH (protecting war fighters using algorithms for text processing to capture health events), a syndromic surveillance project for veterans of operation enduring freedom (OEF)/operation Iraqi freedom (OIF), includes a task to identify medically… read more
    … being customized to identify symptoms within VA clinical documents, and then refined to assign duration. The … currently in development to find duration assertions. Document … Finding medically unexplained symptoms within VA clinical documents using v3NLP G Divita1,2, and QZ Trietler1,2 1Salt …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS Addendum 1 - 2/23/16 Draft

    Content Type: Report

    This document is the 1st Addendum to the NSSP Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS. The addendum provides a… read more
    … This document is the 1 st  Addendum to the NSSP Implementation … This document is the 1 st  Addendum to the NSSP Implementation …
  • Coagulopathy Cluster Syndromes (Laced and Synthetic Marijuana)

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Attached is a word document with multiple syndromes that we have found useful during the coagulopathy cluster situation. Most used queries are highlighted in yellow. These queries were created in response to marijuana, particularly synthetic… read more
    … Attached is a word document with multiple syndromes that we have found useful … Department of Public Health megan.patel@illinois.gov Document CoagulopathySyndromes.docx 6 views Submitted by … Attached is a word document with multiple syndromes that we have found useful …
  • Enhanced Surveillance for Aedes Mosquitoes in the Arizona Border Region

    Content Type: Case Study

    In 2014, a dengue outbreak affected northern Mexico and travel-associated dengue cases increased in southern Arizona. While Arizona has not detected a local dengue case, local transmission occurred in Nogales, Sonora, sister city of Nogales, Arizona… read more
    … bordering Mexico – to inform public education and document the state’s risk for dengue and chikungunya … bordering Mexico – to inform public education and document the state’s risk for dengue and chikungunya … the National Center for Atmospheric Research 2 offered guidance on surveillance protocol development. As Aedes …
  • Framework for the Development of Response Protocols for Public Health Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although syndromic surveillance cannot serve its intended purpose without the timely public health response launched after aberration detection, the literature is very limited with respect to response to syndromic surveillance… read more
    … to syndromic surveillance systems alerts and related guidance for public health practitioners. Literature reviews … to syndromic surveillance system alerts. Document … to syndromic surveillance systems alerts and related guidance for public health practitioners [1, 2]. Litera- …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Syndrome Definitions Workgroup - Report

    Content Type: Report

    This report summarizes a series of seven meetings of the Syndrome Definition Workgroup held in 2014 and 2015. Objective To review, validate, and modify syndromes and provide community input on a process to update or… read more
    … discussion centered around governance group requests for guidance on community desired syndrome operationalization, … discussion centered around governance group requests for guidance on community desired syndrome operationalization, … R Code (for testers) - http://www.syndromic.org/storage/documents/Webinars/Instructions_for_ILI-S_R_code.pdf …
  • Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Homelessness in general is a major issue in the US today. The risk factors of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to… read more
    … Early identification of these factors from clinical documents may help detect or even predict homelessness … could be used to identify other conditions of interest. Document … detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents S Shen1,2, BR South1,2, M Palmer1, S Duvall1, M …
  • Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more
    … consistently applied to identify MUS found in VA clinical documents. These efforts will support building a … Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Document … unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents BR South1,2, M Palmer1, S Shen1,2, G Divita1,2, S …