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  • Modeling surveillance networks for Human African Trypanosomiasis control in Northern Uganda

    Content Type: Case Study

    The multiple forms of Human African Trypanosomiasis (human T.b. gambiense and zoonotic T.b. rhodesiense, as well as the several strains which cause disease in animals) that occur in Uganda make coordinating the scientific and developmental, human… read more
    … commence over the coming year, and I intend to follow and document this programme and its integration with existing …
  • Electronic Disease Surveillance System (EDSS) Vendor Analysis

    Content Type: Report

    Public health agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent funding challenges. The purpose of this analysis is to help state and local… read more
    … Health Informatics Institute welcomes comments on this document and related issues. Please send all correspondence … meet the needs • Toolkit: Vendor Analysis section of this document Prepare • Conduct a Request for Proposal exercise • … an external system        1.1.93 Allow user to document patient/contact treatment details and diagnostics  …
  • CDC Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Why the syndrome was created: The purpose of the suspected child abuse and neglect (sCAN) syndromic surveillance query is to monitor trends in childhood abuse and neglect in emergency departments and… read more
    … notes): Chief complaint, discharge diagnosis Supporting documents: CDC Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect v1 Author: … notes): Chief complaint, discharge diagnosis Supporting documents: CDC Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect v1 Author: …
  • Making the Best Use of Textual ED Data for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    In this webinar Dr. Travers will review two tools developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which aid in processing textual CC’s and triage notes in support of syndromic surveillance. Textual data from emergency departments… read more
    … of using triage notes for syndromic surveillance. Document Text_Processing_Travers_Webinarslides.pdf Document Texual_Ed_Data_Gunn_Webinarslides.pdf …
  • Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests

    Content Type: Use Case

    Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more
    … particular programming language?). We are seeking only guidance at this time, e.g., a conference call convening …
  • October Public Health Practice Influenza Surveillance Webinar

    Content Type: Webinar

    Krista Kniss and Scott Epperson, from the CDC Influenza Division, will be joining the ISDS Public Health Practice Committee this coming Monday, October 22, for a two-part discussion of influenza surveillance in the United States and abroad. The… read more
    … of cases with human to human transmission  Surveillance guidance for state and local public health  Consider …
  • Rapid classification of autism for public health surveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation given August 3, 2017 describes work toward applying machine learning methods to CDC’s autism surveillance program. CDC’s population-based autism surveillance is labor-intensive and costly, as it requires clinicians to manually… read more
    … US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Document Aug_Rapid Classifcation Of Autism.pdf … concatenated, stemmed, and used Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency weights Testing Data: 2010 Georgia ADDM …
  • Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance (Pt 3): A Meaningful Use Dialogue on the BioSense Implementation

    Content Type: Webinar

    This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Presenters Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS, Centers for… read more
    … Ethnicity, Gender •  Extended data elements •  Increased guidance •  Business rules •  Transmission and updating …