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Human-learned lessons about machine learning in public health surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Presented December 13, 2018. For public health surveillance, is machine learning worth the effort? What methods are relevant? Do you need special hardware? This talk was motivated by these and other questions asked by ISDS members. It will focus… read more… What methods are relevant? [cont'd] A good baseline: Train a model using Random Forests, Boosted Trees, or … sophisticated methods may perform. • A nice discussion of training a single model for multiple outcomes vs discrete … • For autism classification, we got similar performance training on 1162 observations vs ~3000. • More complex … -
An evaluation of mobile phone technology use for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in Andhra Pradesh, India
Content Type: Abstract
Public health surveillance systems are constantly facing challenges of epidemics and shortage in the health care workforce. These challenges are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where new… read more… lack of guidelines for usage and lack of systematic training of workforce for using the system. Conclusions Use … and guidelines for deployment and usage, systematic training plans and adequate resources for the technology to … -
Anthrax in Human and Livestock: Investigation and Response, Turkana-Kenya, 2012
Content Type: Case Study
Timely outbreak response requires effective early warning and surveillance systems. This investigation points out the important role that livestock keepers can play in veterinary surveillance. The investigation revealed that pastoralists had good… read more… Obonyo ORGANIZATION: Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program COUNTRY: Kenya Email: mobonyo@feltp.or.ke … x___ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies … -
Qatar experience on MERS-CoV One Health Surveillance and Response, 2012 - 2015
Content Type: Case Study
The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 had placed a great concern on the public health institutions globally and in particular in the Arab region. The gaps in knowledge related to the novel virus put… read more… _x__ Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration _x_ Training and Resources _x__ Technologies and Methodologies … slaughter house, camel race, and at the ports of entry, training of animal and human health practitioners on early … -
Cognition and Central Nervous System Disability v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The Cognition and Central Nervous System Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with… read more… to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed: The Association of State and … -
Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola
Content Type: Success Stories
The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more… Region 2/3 syndromic surveillance data and associated ESSENCE analytics through the North Texas Syndromic … Region 2/3 syndromic surveillance data and associated ESSENCE analytics through the North Texas Syndromic … -
CDC Opioid v2
Content Type: Syndrome
THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC OPIOID V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States currently funded by… read more… Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code (many exclusions were required for “oxy” and “fent”) Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected opioid overdose … -
Hearing Disability v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The Hearing Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more… to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed: The Association of State and …