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Detection of a Vaccine-preventable Reportable Disease: Comparison of Physician Reporting vs. an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System
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Communicable diseases are underreported by physicians, especially diseases without laboratory tests. The goals of our study were to determine reporting levels for clinical chickenpox, describe clinical data elements common to chickenpox, and assess… read more… system that provides care to over 25% of Denver, CO. All outpatient clinic visits with ICD-9 chickenpox codes … -
Electronic Surveillance for Injury Prevention Using a Physician-Operated System
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When hazardous materials or products emerge in the market, injury prevention researchers take action to promote awareness and legislation with the goal to prevent further injuries. This cannot be achieved without reliable data on trends and outcomes… read more… Study Jonathan Purtle*2, Robert Field1, Esther Chernak1, Tom Hipper1 and Jillian Nash1 Susceptibility Profile of … Wahnich* Lessons Learned from the Transition to ICD-10-CM: Redefining Syndromic Surveillance Case Definitions for … -
Spatial Analysis of an Outbreak of Q Fever
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As part of the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Q fever in a factory in Scotland, we aimed to utilise a spatial scan statistic to aid in identification of areas associated with increased relative risk of infection.… undertaken in SaTScan 8.0 alpha3 (1). We used multiple co-ordinates to reflect the route of entry to work and place … -
Using Poison Center Syndromic Surveillance for Environmental Health Signals Detection
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North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) is the Web-based early event detection and timely public health surveillance system in the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. At… read more… EXAMPLES OF POISON CENTER SIGNALS Expo- sure Date Cases Co Site Syndrome Nitric Acid 09/2005 13 Guilford Work Resp. … -
STL and Local Regression for Modeling Disease Surveillance Counts
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Numerous methods have been applied to the problem of modeling temporal properties of disease surveillance data; the ESSENCE system contains a widely used approach (1). STL (2) is a flexible, wellproven method for temporal… read more… square-root daily counts. Vertical scales have sameunits/cm. Solid vertical line isJan. 1. Objective: Use the STL … -
Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments
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Use case for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Problem… read more… (BPHC) Phone: 617-534-5606 Email: jgunn@bphc.org Co-submitters and affiliations: Margaret Reid, Boston Public … -
Syndromic Surveillance in Boston: Validating the Detection of Small Events and Integrating Response from a Local Health Department
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The interpretation of aberrations detected by syndromic surveillance is critical for success, but poses challenges for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the response of the… read more… 2/12 2/26 3/12 3/26 4/9 4/23 Date N o. o f v is its (v om iti ng ) 0 1 2 3 4 N o. o f v is its (h em at em es is ) … -
Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling
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Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia. Problem Summary New efforts are underway to design and… read more… Phone: 301-319-2227 Email: jean.chretien.mil@mail.mil Co-submitters and affiliations: Dylan George, PhD, White …