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Building an automated Bayesian case detection system
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Current practices of automated case detection fall into the extremes of diagnostic accuracy and timeliness. In regards to diagnostic accuracy, electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) is at one extreme and syndromic surveillance is at… read more… of our recently developed automated BCD system. Document … L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents based on natural language processing. J Am Med … -
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System Evaluation, Ebonyi State Nigeria, 2017
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Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world with ongoing wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nigeria also experiences outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Following the… read more… its usefulness, performance and key system attributes. Document Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System … on key surveillance indicators. We also reviewed relevant documents and reports. Results Funding and logistics for AFP … -
An automated influenza-like-illness reporting system using freetext emergency department reports
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Current methods for influenza surveillance include laboratory confirmed case reporting, sentinel physician reporting of Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and chief-complaint monitoring from emergency departments (EDs). The current… read more… at the Allegheny County Health Department. Document … L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents based on natural language processing. J Am Med … -
An Open Source Web Services Toolkit for Event Detection Algorithms
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As major disease outbreaks are rare, empirical evaluation of statistical methods for outbreak detection requires the use of modified or completely simulated health event data in addition to real data. Comparisons of different techniques will be more… read more… and exposing this framework via a web services interface. Document … All web services interfaces are defined using WSDL documents allowing for easy connectivity between diverse … -
The Implementation of an Outbreak Management Solution in New York State
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Most outbreaks are small and localized in nature, although it is larger outbreaks that result in the most public attention. So a solution to manage an outbreak has to be able to accommodate a response to small outbreaks in a single jurisdiction… read more… for a consistent approach and to improve data quality. Document … and functional require- ments and software specification documents were completed in 2009. A diagram of data flow is … -
KS Onboarding Presentation
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These slides provide an overview of the onboarding process for jurisdictions in Kansas supplying data for BioSense. This presentation emphasizes steps needed to improve data quality.… Farah View the slides here Monday, June 1, 2015 - 12:00 Document … start each onboarding phase All tracking done with Excel documents KDHE Onboarding: Tracking Tools KDHE Onboarding: … -
One Health: an Education & Outreach Program for Abattoir Workers
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Presented October 25, 2017. In regular contact with abattoir workers during inspections, USDA APHIS Georgia employees noticed very few employees using proper PPE, and observed risky slaughter and processing practices at both small and large… read more… the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine Document Abattoir Outreach Materials.pdf … DISEASE RISKS IN … CFSPH foR MoRe InfoRMatIon, see the ‘DIsInfectIon 101’ DocuMent at www.cfsph.iastate.edu ? Information not found … -
Syndromic Surveillance Analysis & Interpretation
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Presented January 31, 2018 David Swenson presented the following slides during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This presentation provides a use case for developing and implementing surveillance prodocols to conduct… read more… presentation slides here Monday, January 1, 2018 - 12:00 Document Syndromic Surveillance Analysis and … porting-and-management/disease-reporting-and-surveillance/_documents/florida-essence-user-guide.pdf 3 International …