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  • Talking Turkish: Using N-Grams for Syndromic Surveillance in a Turkish Emergency Department without the Need for English Translation

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we used an “N-Gram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in English for bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are… read more
    … Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … technologies applied to the first 10 months of data as a training set to create a Turkish CC RESP classifier. We next …
  • Real-time Adaptive Monitoring of Vital Signs for Clinical Alarm Preemption

    Content Type: Abstract

    Cardiovascular event prediction has long been of interest in the practice of intensive care. It has been approached using signal-processing of vital signs [1-4], including the use of graphical models [3,4]. Our approach is novel in making data… read more
    … and in real time, without requiring patient-specific training data if the patient-specific feedback signal is … and in real time, without requiring patient-specific training data if the patient-specific feedback signal is … subsampling, using data from the patients held out of the training set. The proposed approach brings the AUC metric …
  • Exploring the Expanded PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    ISDS, in collaboration with and with the support of CDC, recently released a new version of the PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance. This Guide expands on previous versions and includes specifications for transmitting… read more
    … EDT Hosts ISDS Public Health Practice and Education and Training Committees Document … by the ISDS Public Health Practice and Education and Training Committees July 2013 ISDS Events Friday, July 12 – …
  • Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Homelessness in general is a major issue in the US today. The risk factors of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to… read more
    … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural …
  • ICD-10 Transition Overview

    Content Type: Webinar

    The U.S. transition to International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM/PCS) on October 1, 2014 will have significant impact on public health entities. CDC's ICD-10 Transition Workgroup is offering a training session that will… read more
    … entities. CDC's ICD-10 Transition Workgroup is offering a training session that will provide an overview of the … q  CDC Needs Assessment survey (all CDC programs) §  Training Needs supplement survey q  CDC Impact Analysis (4 …
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism for Multi- Center Capacity Building Gestational Diabetes Program for Physicians in India

    Content Type: Abstract

    International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 21.4 million women in 2013 had some form of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and in India alone an estimated 4 million women have GDM. Recognizing the shortfall of trained manpower; Certificate… read more
    … spread across 17 states and 39 cities across 55 regional training centers and trained 2400 Primary care physicians … spread across 17 states and 39 cities across 55 regional training centers and trained 2400 Primary care physicians …
  • MBDS One Health Digital Disease Surveillance Application

    Content Type: Case Study

    The past decade has seen the rise of many new diseases, and the re-emergence of others which were thought to have been brought under control. This is the combined result of the expansion of global trade and travel, the increases in populations of… read more
    … real time reporting, multidisciplinary research, and training for the control of cross-border transmission of … __x Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies …
  • Linking Emergency Medical Service Data to Death Records for Opioid Mortality Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Opioid abuse has increased exponentially in recent years throughout the United States, leading to an increase in the incidence of emergency response activities, hospitalization, and mortality related to opioid overdose. As a result, states that have… read more
    … and acute treatment, first responder and hospital staff training, cross-agency collaboration, and Incident … and acute treatment, first responder and hospital staff training, cross-agency collaboration, and Incident …