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  • Rapid classification of autism for public health surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation given August 3, 2017 describes work toward applying machine learning methods to CDC’s autism surveillance program. CDC’s population-based autism surveillance is labor-intensive and costly, as it requires clinicians to manually… read more
    … settings1 1. Rice et al. IMFAR 2014 https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2014/webprogram/Paper17138.html Current diagnostic … than scientists https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html On … contact CDC 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov The findings and conclusions in this report are …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Analysis & Interpretation

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented January 31, 2018   David Swenson presented the following slides during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This presentation provides a use case for developing and implementing surveillance prodocols to conduct… read more
    … Available from: https://knowledge-repository.s3.amazonaws.com/recommendations/ …
  • Monitoring Spatial Patterns of Adverse Drug Events and Morbidity in New York City Using Syndromic Data Streams

    Content Type: Abstract

    Drug-related deaths have increased over the past decade throughout the United States. In New York City (NYC), every year there are approximately 900 psychoactive drug-related fatalities with the majority involving opioids.… read more
    … 911 calls coded into 52 broad call- types. ED data come from 50 of 62 NYC hospitals covering >90% of total ED … Am J Drug Alc Abuse. 2008;34(4):499-509. [6] Martin M, Hecker J, Clark R, Frye J, Jehle D, et al. China White …
  • Maximum Entropy Models in Chief Complaint Classification

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes a novel approach to the statistical classification of free-text chief complaints for the purpose of syndromic surveillance.
    … It was not known whether the characteristics of chief com- plaints would allow for accurate classification using … data. Epidemiological and clinical assessment from the com- parison of the two servers indicated that the Maximum … Further Information: Kevin O’Connor, koconnor@cissec.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:23 …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more
    … Control and Prevention. BioSense. Atlanta, GA: http://www.cdc.gov/biosense/. Accessed November 6, 2008. 6. U.S. … April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NST-EST2006–01). http://www.census.gov/popest/states/ NST-ann-est.html. Accessed … Health Manag Pract 2007;13(2):194–199. http://www.jphmp.com. 18. Heffernan R, Mostashari F, Das D, et al. System …
  • Special Literature Review: 2014 Awards for Outstanding Research Articles in Biosurveillance Finalists

    Content Type: Webinar

    ISDS Members are invited to vote for the winners of the 2014 Awards for Outstanding Research Articles from Tuesday, July 29 - Thursday, August 14. This special literature review will highlight each of the … read more
    … Finalists
 
 Presenters:
 Sylvia Halasz, PhD, MSc, YP.com
 Judy Akkina, MPH, PhD, USDA, APHIS
 Howard Burkom, PhD, …  San  Diego   •  Sylvia  Halasz,  PhD,  MSc,  YP.com   Brief Overview of Process •  Ar<cles  Screened:  ~700 … C. Enøe Presenter:  Sylvia  Halasz,  PhD,  MSc,  YP.com   Scientific Achievement Category Brief …
  • Relationship between Emergency Room (ER) Syndromic Surveillance Data and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Surveillance in Houston, Texas

    Content Type: Abstract

    Disease surveillance provides essential information for control and response planning1. Emergency Room (ER) syndromic surveillance data can help to identify changes in disease incidence and affected group thereby providing valuable additional time… read more
    … surveillance, France. March 2006. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_3_12/ ai_n16108998/print Accessed …
  • Norovirus disease surveillance using Google search data

    Content Type: Abstract

    While norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in the United States, leading to an estimated 21 million illnesses per year [1], timely surveillance data are limited. Google Insights for Search (GIfS) is a new application that allows users… read more
    … report, Google, August 2009.Bhttp://research. google.com/archive/google_trends_predictability.pdf�. *Rishi Desai E-mail: butterfinger81@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Correlation: 70% … - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11012 http://research.google.com/archive/google_trends_predictability.pdf …