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Anonymization of Spatial Data by Gaussian Skew: Is Re-Identification Possible?
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To evaluate the robustness of a spatial anonymization algorithm for syndromic surveillance data against a triangulation vulnerability attack. `BACKGROUND We have published an anonymization algorithm that takes precise point locations for patients… read more… Further Information: Christopher Cassa, cassa@mit.edu, www.chip.org Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:145 … -
Automated Monitoring of Exposures Using the BioSense System
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BioSense is a national automated surveillance system designed to enhance the nation's capability to rapidly detect and quantify public health emergencies, by accessing and analyzing diagnostic and prediagnostic health data. The… read more… BioSense, Fact Sheet Atlanta, GA. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/BioSense/files/fact_sheet.pdf For further … -
Extensibility in Semantic Web Description of Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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The semantic web is an emerging technology for expressing rich descriptions of a problem domain in the form of ontologies. An ontology provides a domain specific knowledge base… read more… [4] CDC Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS), http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/ears/ [5] Realtime Outbreak and … -
GIS Mapping of Occupational Health Visit Data from a Southeastern Ontario Tertiary Care Hospital
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Health care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of exposure to infectious agents including (among others) tuberculosis, influenza, norovirus, and Clostridium difficile as a consequence of patient care1,2 Most occupational transmission is… read more… NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Surveillance. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/surveillance/ (Accessed June 3, … -
How Bad Is It? Using Biosurveillance Data to Monitor the Severity of Seasonal Flu
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We sought to evaluate the validity of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations (PI) data gathered by our biosurveillance system.… [1] Center for Health Statistics Hospital Data. http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm Accessed July 8, … -
Identifying Clusters of Falls During the 2007-08 Winter Season in the BioSense System
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The purposes of this study are to identify and characterize increases in emergency department (ED) visits for falls during the 2007-08 winter season.… Software for the spatial and space-time scan statistics. www.satscan.org, 2008 Advances in Disease Surveillance … -
LAHVA: Linked Animal-Human Health Visual Analytics
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This paper describes our integrated visual analytics framework for analyzing both human emergency room data and veterinary hospital data.… Information: Ross Maciejewski, rmacieje@purdue.edu www.purvac.org Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;4:11 … -
Age Specific Correlations between Influenza Laboratory Data and Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions in Boston and New York City
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To compare age-group-specific correlation of influenza-like syndrome (ILS) emergency department (ED) visits with influenza laboratory data in Boston and NYC using locally defined ILS definitions.… Tracking and Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm Boston -0.25 0.00 …