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  • Challenges in adapting an natural language processing system for real-time surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    We are developing a Bayesian surveillance system for realtime surveillance and characterization of outbreaks that incorporates a variety of data elements, including free-text clinical reports. An existing natural language processing (… read more
    … component in a system performing real-time surveillance. Document … examining sentences causing the errors in separate text documents. We are building a framework to simplify results … a lexicon-building tool to mine synonyms from clinical documents and the UMLS Metathesaurus. Conclusions …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (ISDP) and Pre Hospital Emergency Care in India

    Content Type: Webinar

    Globally, disease surveillance systems suffer from a number of resource constraints. These constraints are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where pathogens are more likely to emerge, reemerge,… read more
    … PM IST Host ISDS Research and Global Outreach Committees Document Introduction_To_Seed-_Jenar.pdf Document Vivek-Singh-Updated.pdf …   Introduc*on  to     … (06-07) Information from www.idsp.nic.in //localhost/C/Documents and Settings/Dr. Bachani/Desktop/IDSP/IDSP …
  • Monitoring the Transfer of Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from Tribal Lands to Facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), a bacterial tick-borne rickettsial illness, initially causes nonspecific symptoms (e.g., fever, rash, nausea, and vomiting).  In 2003, RMSF was identified on tribal lands in Arizona where the brown dog tick… read more
    … result of its use, MCDPH provided potentially life-saving guidance.  In this case, MCDPH epidemiologists identified a … an existing protocol and provided potentially life-saving guidance.  Further, MCDPH implemented a novel method for … Health (602) 372-8414 Jennifer.Collins@maricopa.gov Document RMSF Success Story References.docx Submitted by …
  • Some Interactive Data Exploration Tools for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes several interactive data exploration tools for examining surveillance data.
    … data exploration tools for examining surveillance data. Document … /Description << /ENU (Use these settings to create PDF documents with higher image resolution for high quality pre-press printing. The PDF documents can be opened with Acrobat and Reader 5.0 and …
  • Using AFDL Algorithm to Estimate Risk of Positive Outcomes of Microbial Tests at Food Establishments

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the common tasks faced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety analysts is to estimate the risk of observing positive outcomes of microbial tests of food samples collected at the slaughter and food… read more
    … samples collected at the USDA controlled establishments. Document … /ENU (Use these settings to create Adobe PDF documents for quality printing on desktop printers and proofers. Created PDF documents can be opened with Acrobat and Adobe Reader 5.0 …
  • Automatically tracking diabetes using information in physicians’ notes

    Content Type: Abstract

    Patient consultations recorded as voice dictations are frequently stored electronically as transcriptions in free text format. The information stored in free text is not computer tractable. Advances in artificial intelligence permit the… read more
    … and stores it in a structured format in a MYSQL database. Document … solutions developed for this project can be applied to documents from other institutions and to other diseases. It …
  • Expanding a Gazetteer-based Approach for Geo-Parsing Text from Media Reports on Global Disease Outbreaks

    Content Type: Abstract

    HealthMap (www.healthmap.org) is a freely accessible, automated real-time system that monitors, organizes, integrates, filters, and maps online news about emerging diseases. The system performs geographic parsing (“geo-parsing”) of disease… read more
    … means extending prior knowledge encoded in a gazetteer. Document … C. 1994. Gipsy: Automated geographic indexing of text documents. Journal of the American Society for Information …
  • Health IT meaningful use: how the EHR certification may improve the electronic laboratory reporting (ELR)

    Content Type: Abstract

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) brought significant incentives to providers for implementing certified EHR technologies. It specifically requires utilization of certified electronic health records (EHRs) for electronic exchange of… read more
    … electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) capacities. Document … of health. We analyzed ELR messaging require- ments using documents that were published through official HL7 and CDC …