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  • 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 … to 3314, with an average of 17 symptom annotations per document. The number of annotations (unique mentions) for …
  • 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 … This …
  • 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 … and risk factors for homelessness found in VA clinical documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support … could be used to identify other conditions of interest. Document …
  • Meaningful Use and Public Health Practice Community Call

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    In response to the Meaningful Use roundtable discussion at the 2011 ISDS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, ISDS has established a monthly community conference call open to anyone interested in issues relating to Meaningful Use. The purpose of this… read more
    … in this field and spark collaborative efforts to share guidance, resources, and technical assistance. This is a … in this field and spark collaborative efforts to share guidance, resources, and technical assistance. This is a …
  • EpiSentry: simulation-based threat identification, response management and decision support for outbreaks and pandemics

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2009 H1N1 novel flu pandemic demonstrates how a rapidly spreading, contagious illness can affect the world’s population in multiple ways including health, economics, education, transportation, and national security. Pandemic … read more
    … and predictive models, and provides timely guidance to decision makers at multiple levels of … support for disease outbreaks or bio-terror events. Document … analysis tools with a decision support system to provide guidance on pandemic and bio-terror investigations (Figure …
  • CDC Heroin v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC HEROIN OVERDOSE V4 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States… read more
    … using lessons learned from ESOOS states and researching guidance documents from other sources including NCHS, CSTE, and … drug^,or,^denies any drug^,),) CDC avivolo@cdc.gov Document CDC Heroin Definition v3.docx Submitted by …
  • A Survey of Usage and Response Protocols of Syndromic Surveillance Systems by State Public Health Departments in the United States

    Content Type: Abstract

    Within the syndromic surveillance literature there are acknowledged gaps with respect to penetration of syndromic surveillance systems and standard or promising practices for response. The lack of adequate data and evidence-based… read more
    … by syndromic surveillance systems and creating response guidance materials for public health practitioners. The … an outbreak response as reported by survey participants. Document … by syndromic surveillance systems and creating response guidance materials for public health practitioners. The …
  • NSSP Onboarding - Creating a Systematic Approach

    Content Type: Webinar

    NSSP Onboarding has historically been a very labor intensive and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team members.  In order to meet future demand, Jurisdictions will play a greater… read more
    … and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team … and manual process that requires a great deal of guidance and time investment from NSSP Onboarding Team …