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  • Exploring the Gaps: Symptoms by Influenza Type and Enhanced Sampling

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    The  ability  to  accurately  predict  influenza  infection  by  symptoms  and  local  epidemiology  prior  to  lab  confirmation  warrants  further  study… read more
    … culture. Hence, ILI symptoms are a potentially important co- variate in the early diagnosis of flu. However, gaps … each group. Patients positive for Influenza A and B were com- pared to determine if there were differences in the …
  • Applying classification and anomaly detection techniques to real-world data

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    Real-world public health data often provide numerous challenges. There may be a limited amount of background data, data dropouts, noise, and human error. The data from an emergency department (ED) in Urbana, IL includes a … read more
    … Edwards et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 25 West Nile virus. The modified EARS … 3 Tokars J, Burkom H, Xing J, English R, Bloom S, Cox K, et al. Enhancing Time-Series Detection Algorithms for … Health Threats Journal W Edwards et al. 2011, 4:s77 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 26 …
  • Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma

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    Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more
    … LH Gren et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 32 Acknowledgements This paper was … References 1 ThompsonWW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with … in the United States. JAMA 2003;289:179–86. 2 Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et …
  • Using influenza rapid test positivity as an early indicator for the onset of seasonal influenza

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    Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality, with attendant costs of roughly $10 billion for treatment and up to $77 billion in indirect costs annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts annual… read more
    … LH Gren et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 32 Acknowledgements This paper was … References 1 ThompsonWW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with … in the United States. JAMA 2003;289:179–86. 2 Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et …
  • Using influenza rapid test positivity as an early indicator for the onset of seasonal influenza

    Content Type: Abstract

    Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality, with attendant costs of roughly $10 billion for treatment and up to $77 billion in indirect costs annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts annual influenza… read more
    … LH Gren et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 32 Acknowledgements This paper was … References 1 ThompsonWW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with … in the United States. JAMA 2003;289:179–86. 2 Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et …
  • Improving Negation Processing in Triage Notes

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    Emergency Department (ED) triage notes are clinical notes that expand upon the chief complaint, and are included in the AHIC minimum dataset for biosurveillance.1  Clinical notes can improve the accuracy of keyword-based syndromes but require… read more
    … h/a. Many negated terms, however, were not addressed and con- tinue to create false positive syndrome hits. The pur- … type of negation. The final sample included 177 visits con- taining negated terms, from 18 of the 19 NC DE- TECT … scope, e.g. “states” or “now.” REFERENCES [1]http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/materials/meeting10/bio/BDS …
  • Antiviral Prescription Data to Enhance Influenza Surveillance

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    Influenza surveillance provides public health officials and healthcare providers with data on the onset, duration, geographic location, and level of influenza activity in order to guide the local use of interventions. The Influenza Sentinel Provider… read more
    … at the national and regional levels. A lag analysis to com- pare timing of increases and decreases in antiviral use …
  • Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series #2: Challenges and Implications of Postmarketing Surveillance of Prescription Opioids

    Content Type: Webinar

    This is the second installment of the ISDS Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series, June - July, 2017. Click here for Part 1 of the… read more
    … Mosaic Surveillance of Prescription Drug Abuse 7 StreetRx.com Entering Treatment Survey of Key Informants’ Patients … misuse, etc. Key measures: addiction, overdose and death Co-ingestion Route/source Sentiment: negative, neutral and … Quarterly Data Collection 2011 - present StreetRx ( www.streetrx.com ) 14 14 Drug Diversion (DD) Population …