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EHR-based syndromic surveillance during the 2009–2010 H1N1 pandemic
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The global H1N1 influenza A pandemic in 2009 heightened the need for automated disease surveillance capabilities. After an initial surge in confirmatory testing, clinicians moved to diagnosis based on patient assessment for fever … read more… and M Hoffman Cerners Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA E-mail: mhoffman1.cerner.com Objective This paper describes a … -
Improving quality and interoperability of public health messaging guides: CDC messaging quality framework
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The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing … read more… 2Northrop Grumman Consultant to CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: dgz1@cdc.gov Objective This document describes the … -
Improving quality and interoperability of public health messaging guides: CDC messaging quality framework (MQF)
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The HL7 messaging standard, version two that was implemented by most vendors and public health agencies did not resolve all systems’ interoperability problems. Design and tool implementation for automated machine-testing messages may resolve… read more… 2Northrop Grumman Consultant to CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: dgz1@cdc.gov Objective This document describes the … -
The National Biosurveillance Integration System
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Objective The National Biosurveillance Integration System (NBIS) is a consortium of federal agencies, whose joint objective is to enhance the identification, location, characterization, and tracking of biological… read more… Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, USA E-mail: teresa.quitugua@dhs.gov Objective The National … -
A Temporal Change-Point Framework for Syndromic Surveillance in an Academic Environment
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The H5N1 avian influenza virus is now considered endemic in poultry in some parts of the world and the continued exposure in humans suggests that the risk of the virus evolving into a more transmissible agent in humans − a step… read more… As this is ongo- ing research, we plan to collect patient visits with flu- like symptoms from the University Health … -
Stakeholder Perspectives of Biosurveillance: a Qualitative Analysis
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For more than a decade, biosurveillance systems (and more recently BioSense) have been employed in the United States. Efforts to drastically expand these surveillance capacities have been a national priority given concerns … read more… response in these communities. Results Site visits to NYC, Boston, and Baltimore were conducted over 2 … -
Multiple Data Sources and Reverse Engineering Could Improve Sensitivity of Surveillance Algorithms
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Clinicians can pursue the clinical findings for specific patients until reaching a diagnosis in real time. When using electronic ED complaints, one relies on symptoms volunteered by patients in the triage setting. Patients seek emergency… read more… tests performed for years 2000-2004. RESULTS Over 500,000 visits were available for analysis. Definition #1.) showed … -
Mixture Likelihood Ratio Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection
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This article describes the methodology and results of Team #134Ãs submission to the 2007 ISDS Technical Contest.… injected into three data sources (emergency department visits (ED), over-the-counter anti-diarrheal and …