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A new interpretation of the inference test for the spatial scan statistic
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Spatial cluster analysis is considered an important technique for the elucidation of disease causes and epidemiological surveillance. Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic, defined as a likelihood ratio, is the usual measure of the strength of… read more… Int J Health Geograph. 2011;10:47. *Luiz Duczmal E-mail: duczmal@ufmg.br (page number not for citation purpose) … -
MNCH Surveillance-Response Systems Strengthening in Indonesia
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During 2007 - 2010 the Center for Health service Management (CHSM) conducted training and consultations to strengthen the Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health (MNCH) Surveillance-Response (S-R) Systems of 10 districts and 5 municipalities of 5… read more… (Available from www. biomedcentral.com). *Rossi Sanusi E-mail: rossi_sanusi@yahoo.com (page number not for citation … -
User Interface Design for a Biosurveillance System
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INDICATOR provides an open source platform for biosurveillance and outbreak detection. Data sources currently include emergency department, patient advisory nurse, outpatient clinic, and school absence activity We are currently working with the… read more… 3. http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ *Ian Brooks E-mail: ian@ncsa.illinois.edu (page number not for citation … -
Dengue Fever Outbreak Prediction
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Dengue fever is endemic in over 100 countries and there are an estimated 50 - 100 million cases annually. There is no vaccine for dengue fever yet, and the mortality rate of the severe form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever, ranges from 10-20… read more… analysis. Dengue Bull. 2008;32:29�36. *Anna Buczak E-mail: anna.buczak@jhuapl.edu (page number not for citation … -
Novel approach to hypoglycemia surveillance in an international online diabetes social network
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Hypoglycemia is a serious sequela of diabetes treatment that is not tracked by current health surveillance efforts despite substantial related morbidity and mortality. We take a novel approach to hypoglycemia surveillance, engaging members of an… read more… network. PLoS One. 2011;6:e19256. *Elissa Weitzman E-mail: elissa.weitzman@childrens.harvard.edu (page number not … -
Spatial cluster detection through constrained dynamic programming
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The spatial scan statistic [1] is the most used measure for cluster strenght. The evaluation of all possible subsets of regions in a large dataset is computationally infeasible. Many heuristics have appeared recently to compute approximate values… read more… Int J Health Geograph. 2010;9:55. *Luiz Duczmal E-mail: duczmal@ufmg.br (page number not for citation purpose) … -
A Demonstration of Meaningfully Using the ISDS Recommended Data Elements
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National Health IT Initiatives are helping to advance the state of automated disease surveillance through incentives to health care facilities to implement electronic medical records and provide data to health departments and use collaborative… read more… meaningful use; interoperability; cloud *Wayne Loschen E-mail: wayne.loschen@jhuapl.edu (page number not for citation … -
The Evolution of ESSENCE
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In development for over fourteen years, ESSENCE is a disease surveillance system utilized by public health stakeholders at city, county, state, regional, national, and global levels. The system was developed by a team from the Johns Hopkins… read more… Health80. 2003;80(2 Suppl 1):i32�42. *Wayne Loschen E-mail: wayne.loschen@jhuapl.edu (page number not for citation …