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  • In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists

    Content Type: Abstract

    The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more
    … The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC … creation of a controlled ED CC vocabulary. BACKGROUND The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC … as separate terms); va- riance in scope of terms (back pain and back symp- toms); and imprecise use of terms …
  • Real-time estimation and prediction for pandemic A/H1N1 (2009) in Japan

    Content Type: Abstract

    Unfortunately, confirmation and notification of all A/H1N1 (2009) patients in Japan was ceased on 24 July when the cumulative number of patients was about 5000. After that, as all suspected patients are not necessarily confirmed or reported, the… read more
    … the surveillance results are reported weekly, it tends to lack timeliness. To collect and analyze the information in … the surveillance results are reported weekly, it tends to lack timeliness. To collect and analyze the information in … in Japan, we can assume that all symptomatic patients visit a doctor to receive oseltamivir or zanamivir on onset …
  • Surveillance in the Cloud: A New Platform for Disease Search and Situational Awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Major challenges in syndromic surveillance today include lack of standardization in syndrome definitions and limited ability to detect outbreaks of specific and rare diseases. To generate situational awareness surveillance results… read more
    … Major challenges in syndromic surveillance today include lack of standardization in syndrome definitions and limited … Major challenges in syndromic surveillance today include lack of standardization in syndrome definitions and limited … the original data consisting of zip codes and time of visit were randomized. The set of chief complaint data used …
  • 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
    … of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to treatment/follow-up appointments. Early identification of these … homelessness are myriad, including inade- quate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance …
  • Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more
    … 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in … provide syndromic data within 48 hours of a patient visit. Although syndromic surveillance often supplements … front-end a. Have them add NPDS tables to ESSENCE SQL back-end b. Add fields to query lists c. Maybe map Generic …
  • Opioid Overdose Surveillance and Classification with R

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented November 16, 2018. The current opioid overdose/addiction crisis in the United States presents a challenge to public health intervention due to a lack of data on current and past incidence. Very little information is known regarding what… read more
    … a challenge to public health intervention due to a lack of data on current and past incidence. Very little … to the past. Marin County, California is addressing the lack of clarity in opioid overdose data by designing a novel … a challenge to public health intervention due to a lack of data on current and past incidence. Very little …
  • Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS) Vendor Analysis

    Content Type: Report

    Public health agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent funding challenges. The purpose of this analysis is to help state and local… read more
    … agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent … agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of …
  • in silico Surveillance: Using Detailed Computer Simulations to Develop and Evaluate Outbreak Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    Developing and evaluating outbreak detection is challenging for many reasons.  A central difficulty is that the data the detection algorithms are “trained” on are often relatively short historical samples and thus do not represent the full… read more
    … algorithms in noisy surveillance data is complicated by a lack of realistic noise, meaning the surveillance data … algorithms in noisy surveillance data is complicated by a lack of realistic noise, meaning the surveillance data … digital representa- tions, of every person. These agents visit specific loca- tions throughout the area of study and …