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EpiSentry: simulation-based threat identification, response management and decision support for outbreaks and pandemics
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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… Lockheed Martin Corporation, IS&GS, Lansdale, PA, USA E-mail: david.w.mazeroski@lmco.com Objective Traditional real … -
Health IT meaningful use: how the EHR certification may improve the electronic laboratory reporting (ELR)
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) brought significant incentives to providers for implementing certified EHR technologies. It specifically requires utilization of certified electronic health records (EHRs) for electronic exchange of… read more… Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: dgz1@cdc.gov Objective The objective of this … -
Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more… Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, USA E-mail: Prakash_Mulay@doh.state.fl.us Introduction The Florida … -
Securing protected health information in NC DETECT
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NC DETECT receives daily data files from emergency departments (ED), the statewide EMS data collection system, the statewide poison center, and veterinary laboratory test results. Included in these data are elements, which may contain Protected… read more… of Emergency Medicine, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA E-mail: dfalls@med.unc.edu Objective This paper describes how … -
FluView interactive: using user-centered design and usability heuristics to improve visualization of influenza information
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Given the periodic nature of influenza activity, it is important to develop visualization tools that enable enhanced decision-making. User-Centered Design is a set of software development methodologies that primarily employ user… read more… and Prevention, Influenza Division, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: jvu5@cdc.gov Objective The objective of this study is … -
Using Twitter to estimate H1N1 influenza activity
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Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its millions of users to send and read each other’s ‘tweets’, or short messages limited to 140 characters. The service has more than 190 million registered users and… read more… Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: alessio-signorini@uiowa.edu Objective This paper … -
Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more… Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL, USA E-mail: Prakash_Mulay@doh.state.fl.us Introduction The Florida … -
Placing surveillance in a preparedness business process framework
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Most public health workers could reach agreement on the general functions and operations regarding public health’s traditional operations, such as food safety inspections, outbreak investigations, or immunization clinics. However, there is much less… read more… FL, USA; and 2CMA Consulting, Kansas City, MO, USA E-mail: jgibson@hhcorp.org Objective The Public Health …