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  • Data Integration and Analytics within the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System

    Content Type: Abstract

    This presentation introduces the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Bio-Surveillance Integration System (NBIS) and the analytics functionality within the NBIS that integrates and analyzes structured and unstructured data streams… read more
    … events as measured against manual extraction, and on the com- parison of BBN models to the evaluation of subject … May 11, 2006. Available at: http://chs.clientapp2.com/hearings/viewhearing.aspx?id=30 [2] Smith, K., Keynote … 22, 2007. Further Information: Nancy Grady, gradyn@saic.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;4:94 …
  • Challenges in adapting an natural language processing system for real-time surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    We are developing a Bayesian surveillance system for realtime surveillance and characterization of outbreaks that incorporates a variety of data elements, including free-text clinical reports. An existing natural language processing (… read more
    … language processing system for real-time surveillance WW Chapman, M Conway, JN Dowling, F-C Tsui, Q Li, LM … Journal 2011, 4:s68. doi: 10.3134/ehtj.10.068 & 2011 WW Chapman et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 7 challenges are caused less by NLP …
  • User Interface Design for a Biosurveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … biosurveillance and response. Syndromic 2009. 2. http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/News/Stories/indicator/ 3. http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ *Ian Brooks E-mail: ian@ncsa.illinois.edu … 2011, 4: 11140 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11140 http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/News/Stories/indicator/ …
  • Modeling surveillance networks for Human African Trypanosomiasis control in Northern Uganda

    Content Type: Case Study

    The multiple forms of Human African Trypanosomiasis (human T.b. gambiense and zoonotic T.b. rhodesiense, as well as the several strains which cause disease in animals) that occur in Uganda make coordinating the scientific and developmental, human… read more
    … largescale, debilitating outbreaks of HAT, and co-ordinated major control programmes. A major challenge to … large- scale, debilitating outbreaks of HAT, and co-ordinated major control programmes. A major challenge to … largescale, debilitating outbreaks of HAT, and co-ordinated major control programmes. A major challenge to …
  • The Feasibility of Using Consultation Diagnosis at Emergency Departments for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    We conducted a study to examine the suitability of the data collected at the local emergency departments for use in syndromic surveillance.
    … diagnosis in electronic format using the ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, … department attendance, provisional diagnosis in ICD-9-CM code, demographic data and triage category are stored in … Ninth Revision, Clini- cal Modification (ICD-9-CM) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm Further …
  • S&I Public Health Reporting Initiative- Building the Future of Harmonized Biosurveillance Systems

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    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) initiated a broad range of national implementation activities. In order to support the critical activities of meaningful use (MU), ONC established the S&I Framework. In the beginning of 2011 the… read more
    … In July 2011 a team of public health practitioners, (co-authors of this presentation) started working on a … be established. In July 2011, a team of PH practitioners (co-authors of this presentation) started working on a … In July 2011 a team of public health practitioners, (co-authors of this presentation) started working on a …
  • Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness

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    To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.
    … using ESSENCE syndrome definitions documented in <http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceAc- … counts of outpatient visits and laboratory test orders. Com- bined surveillance was performed by averaging the p- …
  • Use of Time Series Models for Multi-Stream Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance of individual data streams is a well-accepted approach to monitor community incidence of infectious diseases such as influenza, and to enable timely detection of outbreaks so that control measures can be applied.… read more
    … and any 3 aberrations within a 2-week period (M5). We com- pared the performance of alerts generated by the … East data, which outperformed the aggregate GP data. Con- versely, for GOPC data, the performance of alerts … Infect Dis. 2008; 14(7):1154-7. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/7/1154.htm Further Information: …