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  • Introduction to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

    Content Type: Training

    The Introduction to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) course provides a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to APIs. This training is designed for epidemiologists and public health professionals who are new to APIs.APIs are essential tools… read more
    … a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to APIs. This training is designed for epidemiologists and public health … to identify and monitor public health threats.   This training series was funded by CDC Cooperative Agreement No: 1 NU38OT000297-03-00. The contents of this training are solely the responsibility of the authors and do …
  • Graduate-Level Syndromic Surveillance Course, An International Society for Disease Surveillance Project

    Content Type: Abstract

     Following the development of an introductory Continuing Education (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease Surveillance recognized the need to educate future non-… read more
    … (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease … (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease …
  • Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration

    Content Type: Abstract

    The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. Epidemiologists at the Office of Public Health (OPH) monitor the VA population at the national level. The system is also intended for facility-level monitoring to cover 152 medical… read more
    … have been added to ESSENCE, but standardization and IP training are required to assure appropriate use. Objective … have been added to ESSENCE, but standardization and IP training are required to assure appropriate use. Methods We … have been added to ESSENCE, but standardization and IP training are required to assure appropriate use. Objective …
  • Improving Local Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance within a Changing Data Environment

    Content Type: Abstract

    LHDs are operating in a changing data environment. As household telephone use declines, national surveys are not sampling large enough populations to report representative local health statistics. As a result, reliable indicators from surveys such… read more
    … for LHDs is that they may not have the knowledge, training, or technical assistance needed to fully utilize NC … for LHDs is that they may not have the knowledge, training, or technical assistance needed to fully utilize NC …
  • Capacity and Needs Assessment for Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China: A Mixed Study

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has great advantages in promoting the early detection of infectious disease outbreak and enabling the real-time tracking of on-going epidemics. However, establishing a syndromic surveillance system required huge investment in… read more
    … system, so as to design customized capacity building and training strategies. Submitted by knowledge_repo… on Wed, … system, so as to design customized capacity building and training strategies. … Capacity and Needs Assessment for …
  • The NGram CC Classifier: A Novel Method of Automatically Creating CC Classifiers Based on ICD9 Groupings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more
    … (AT&T Labs). The method applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 … (AT&T Labs). The method applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 … abdominal pain. The ICD9 classifier was applied to a training set of visits for the year 2000 to create the ngram …
  • Early Detection of Tuberculosis Outbreaks among the San Francisco Homeless

    Content Type: Abstract

    San Francisco has the highest rate of TB in the US. Although in recent years the incidence of TB has been declining in the San Francisco general population, it has remained relatively constant in the homeless population. Spatial… read more
    … timeliness, and the amount of historical data needed for training the model. Document … and the amount of his- torical data needed for training the model. BACKGROUND San Francisco has the highest … and smaller amount of historical data is required for training the model, the detection sensitivity results are …
  • Putting Data Linkage into FIRST Gear: Lessons from Firefighter Injury Research

    Content Type: Abstract

    This work builds on a successful demonstration project and expands its data linkage capacity to new community partners. Presently, a national non-fatal injury reporting system does not exist for the Fire Service. In order to tell the story of all… read more
    … human resources, and continuing education/training registries. Submitted by rmathes on Thu, 12/28/2017 … human resources, and continuing education/training registries. … Putting Data Linkage into FIRST Gear: …