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  • A Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    This abstract describes a suite of software utilities that have been developed for systematically evaluating the detection performance and robustness of univariate temporal alerting algorithms used in syndromic surveillance systems.
    … developed. EUA2TF is a suite of MATLAB utilities that com- prises the following principal components: (1) a data … metrics for multiple alerting algorithms to be com- pared. Using this framework, a number of different data … of candi- date alerting algorithms under a wide range of con- trolled operating conditions. It enables the develop- …
  • Rapid Surveillance and Data Integration: A Syndromic Description of Bicycle-Related Injury in Boston

    Content Type: Webinar

    The city of Boston has taken a pro-active stand to increase physical activity to decrease chronic disease. Included in that plan is to increase bicycle use and accessibility. Boston has been increasing the number of bike paths and lanes, introduced… read more
    … of residence, hospital ID, chief complaint, and ICD-9 CM final diagnosis • Disposition collected from 9 of 10 … are needed to identify accident ―hot spots‖. http://www.batchgeo.com/map/3654372f90062f71097944c69473117d Boston Public …
  • KS Onboarding Presentation

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    These slides provide an overview of the onboarding process for jurisdictions in Kansas supplying data for BioSense. This presentation emphasizes steps needed to improve data quality.
    … DUA for SyS Link to KDHE Meaningful Use Website : http://www.kdheks.gov/health/ meaningful_use/ Onboarding Process: … n  Outdated version available at: https://sites.google.com/site/ biosenseusercommunity/home/workgroups/ …
  • Evaluating Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Response Systems in Developing Countries: Framework and Pilot Application

    Content Type: Abstract

    A pandemic caused by influenza A/H5N1 or another novel strain could kill millions of people and devastate economies worldwide. Recent computer simulations suggest that an emerging influenza pandemic might be contained in Southeast Asia through rapid… read more
    … delays in pandemic recognition. Wealthy countries have com- mitted substantial funds to improve pandemic detec- … Interval between symptom onset and presentation for con- firmed human H5N1 cases with publicly available WHO … Health Organization. WHO pandemic influenza draft proto- col for rapid response and containment. Draft 30, May 2006. …
  • Using the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read more
    … the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Com- plaints in Boston’s Syndromic Surveillance System … The string fields in the 2007 UMLS data are 65k bytes com- pared to 255 (text vs tinytext) in the older version. …
  • Utilizing syndromic surveillance systems for climate-related outcomes

    Content Type: Webinar

    Adverse health effects related to climate change are currently being seen, and these adverse outcomes are likely to increase in the future. Syndromic surveillance systems can provide near-real time information which may be used for situational… read more
    … terms or common misspellings. For instance, including CO2 in a carbon monoxide poisoning definition. 13 Diagnosis … surveillance in public health practice ( http:// www.cste.org/group/ClimateChange ) Utilizing syndromic … Society for Disease Surveillance onarom.lh@gmail.com ISDS website: www.healthsurveillance.org Thank you to …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Creating Syndrome Definitions Using RStudio

    Content Type: Webinar

    When public health practitioners use BioSense 2.0, they can view and analyze data on a variety of predetermined syndromes from infectious diseases (such as influenza) to injuries. However, some users may want to use tools to explore new and… read more
    … <- 'TC_Meaningful_Use_Base' # Create database connection con <- dbConnect(dbDriver('MySQL'), user=USERNAME, … password=PASSWORD, host=HOSTNAME, dbname=DBNAME) Example: Co-morbid Syndrome We want to see the co-occurrence of …
  • Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series #1: Rapid surveillance of overdose morbidity - Developing case definitions, building queries, and analyzing results

    Content Type: Webinar

    This is the first installment of the ISDS Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series, June - July, 2017. Click here for Part 2 of… read more
    … March 18, 2015 DEA Nationwide Alert available at: http://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2015/hq031815.shtml 8 Prescription … Related ED visits in the Colorado North Central Region (CO-NCR), State of Nebraska, and Marion County, Indiana … Meeting Monday, June 26, 1 pm - 2 pm ET ISDS Surveillance CoP Call Tuesday, June 27, 3 pm – 4:30 pm ET 4 …