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Anthrax Assist: Modeling Tool for Planning and Decision Support During Early Days of an Anthrax Event
Content Type: Webinar
Presented April 24, 2018. *This article was selected as the second prize awardee of the 2018 ISDS Awards for Outstanding Research… read more… Deaths curve Recovered curve Standards of care Treatment guidance to public Set treatment priority Mobilize medical … -
Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas
Content Type: Success Stories
Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more… dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and … dental care visits. The initial query was adapted from guidance developed by the Association of State and … -
Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
Content Type: Presentation Slides
Presented December 8, 2015 Dr. Richard S. Hopkins presented the following slides as part of the ISDS Intro to BioSurveillance Workshop at the 2015 ISDS Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. This presentation demonstrates… read more… disease? Are these acceptable to the community? What guidance can we give clinicians about how to best diagnose … -
Evaluating Syndrome Definitions in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology
Content Type: Abstract
The Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology (ESSO) is an open source terminological ontology designed to facilitate the text mining of clinical reports in English [1,2]. At the core of ESSO are 279 clinical concepts (for example, fever, confusion,… read more… encoded in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology. Document … Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Health Document Text Mining and Information Analysis (LOUHI 2011); … -
Recreational Boating Incidents v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The objective is to identify visits that likely reflected recreational boating incidents that should have been reported via federal regulation (33 CFR 174.121) to the United States Coast Guard as part of the… read more… than classification based only on CCDD data. Supporting documentation: Recreational Boating Incidents v1 Factsheet & … than classification based only on CCDD data. Supporting documentation: Recreational Boating Incidents v1 Factsheet & … -
Use of Cell-Phones to Strengthen Malaria Surveillance-Response Systems of Bangka/Belitung, Indonesia - A proposal
Content Type: Abstract
The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2030 in 4 stages (Wismarini, 2009. To reach the elimination phase High Case Incidence (HCI) areas go through a pre-elimination phase. The aim of the proposed project is to support one of… read more… and GMU Medical School staff in workshops and technical guidance; (3) engage malaria program managers of the Dis- … -
Use of syndromic surveillance in decision making during the H1N1 pandemic in Ontario, Canada
Content Type: Abstract
For public health surveillance to achieve its desired purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality, surveillance data must be linked to public health response. While there is evidence of the growing popularity of syndromic surveillance (1,2), the… read more… rather vaccine availability and ministerial guidance acted as drivers for these decisions. Conclusions … -
Using cKASS to facilitate knowledge authoring and sharing for syndromic surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Mining text for real-time syndromic surveillance usually requires a comprehensive knowledge base (KB) which contains detailed information about concepts relevant to the domain, such as disease names, symptoms, drugs, and radiology findings. Two such… read more… resources that can be applied to syndromic surveillance. Document … ontology. In: Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Health Document Text Mining and Information Analysis (LOUHI), Bled, …