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Evaluating the utility of school absenteeism during the 2009–2010 influenza season in Los Angeles County
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It has been postulated that school absenteeism, a non-traditional surveillance data source, may allow for early detection of disease outbreaks, particularly among school-aged children who may not seek emergency medical attention… read more -
Forecasting high-priority surveillance regions: a socioeconomic model
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It has been suggested that changes in various socioeconomic, environmental and biological factors have been drivers of emerging and reemerging infectious disease, although few have assessed these relationships on a global scale. … read more -
Gastrointestinal disease outbreak detection using multiple data streams from electronic medical records
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GI disease outbreaks can be focal (for example, restaurant associated), generalized (for example, seasonal rotavirus increases) or intermediate (for example, widely disseminated contaminated commercial products). Health departments (HDs) are… read more -
Generalized fast subset sums for Bayesian detection and visualization
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The multivariate Bayesian scan statistic (MBSS) enables timely detection and characterization of emerging events by integrating multiple data streams. MBSS can model and differentiate between multiple event types: it uses Bayes’ Theorem to… read more -
Health IT meaningful use: how the EHR certification may improve the electronic laboratory reporting (ELR)
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) brought significant incentives to providers for implementing certified EHR technologies. It specifically requires utilization of certified electronic health records (EHRs) for electronic exchange of… read more -
How did specific specialties and new sentinel providers affect ILINet data post 2009 A/H1N1 recognition
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The United States outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) is one of the five systems used for influenza surveillance in the United States. In Pennsylvania, ILINet providers are asked to report, every Monday, the total number… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Data from Hospital and Ambulatory Settings: An Annotated Bibliography
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This annotated bibliography summarizes close to 50 articles on syndromic surveillance using EHR data from hospital and ambulatory settings. The bibliography is a valuable resource for both practitioners and researchers as they continue to assess the… read more -
The use of NC DETECT ED data to examine heat-related illness
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NC DETECT provides near-real-time statewide surveillance capacity to local, regional and state level users across NC with twice daily data feeds from 119 (99%) emergency departments (EDs), hourly updates from the statewide poison center, and daily… read more