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  • CDC Cocaine Overdose v2 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal cocaine-involved overdose using syndromic surveillance… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal cocaine-involved overdose … intent. The query relies on data in two fields from ED visit records to identify encounters that meet the … primary reason for a patient’s visit, as syndromic data lack a primary diagnosis field. Therefore, all terms and …
  • 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
    … agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of standardized surveillance, along with inherent … agencies have to work with a several disparate systems, a lack of robust reporting capabilities, and a lack of …
  • An evaluation of mobile phone technology use for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in Andhra Pradesh, India

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health surveillance systems are constantly facing challenges of epidemics and shortage in the health care workforce. These challenges are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where new… read more
    … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … and surveillance. Scand J Public Health. 2001;29:81�3. 4. Binder S, Levitt AM, Sacks JJ, Hughes JM. Emerging …
  • in silico Surveillance: Using Detailed Computer Simulations to Develop and Evaluate Outbreak Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    Developing and evaluating outbreak detection is challenging for many reasons.  A central difficulty is that the data the detection algorithms are “trained” on are often relatively short historical samples and thus do not represent the full… read more
    … algorithms in noisy surveillance data is complicated by a lack of realistic noise, meaning the surveillance data … algorithms in noisy surveillance data is complicated by a lack of realistic noise, meaning the surveillance data … digital representa- tions, of every person. These agents visit specific loca- tions throughout the area of study and …
  • Analysis of 5 years of multi-stream surveillance and weather data in Champaign County

    Content Type: Abstract

    INDICATOR is a multi-stream open source platform for biosurveillance and outbreak detection, currently focused on Champaign County in Illinois. It has been in production since 2008 and is currently receiving data from emergency department, patient… read more
    … sources. Historical data from some of these sources goes back to 2006.   Objective To examine the correlation between … with the change of season in September/October. The lack of a relationship between ILI and weather during the … sources. Historical data from some of these sources goes back to 2006.   Objective To examine the correlation between …
  • Active Fever Surveillance During Malaria Outbreak in Western Jamaica

    Content Type: Abstract

    Malaria, major leading cause of morbidity and mortality in third world countries has been successfully eliminated from Jamaica since 1965. This, however, is being constantly challenged by lack of sustained vector control… read more
    … 1965. This, however, is being constantly challenged by lack of sustained vector control activities increased … This, however, is being constantly challenged by (1) lack of sustained vector control activities (2) increased … were found to have fever and tested for malaria and came back negative for malaria parasites in their blood. House to …
  • Data-Adaptive Multivariate Control Charts for Routine Health Monitoring

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper investigates the use of data-adaptive multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) charts for outbreak detection using real-world syndromic data. The widely used EARS [1] methods and other adaptive implementations assume implicitly… read more
    … assume implicitly that nonsta-tionarity and/or the lack of historic data preclude the conventional Phase … assume implicitly that nonsta- tionarity and/or the lack of historic data preclude the conventional Phase … assume implicitly that nonsta-tionarity and/or the lack of historic data preclude the conventional Phase …
  • Do Women Really Complain More than Men? Looking at Gastrointestinal Chief Complaints in Boston

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of syndromic surveillance is the early identification of disease outbreaks. Classification of chief complaints into syndromes and the type of statistics used for aberration detection can affect outbreak detection sensitivity and… read more
    … pain because women more commonly report neck, jaw, and back pain.   Objective We evaluated the sensitivity and … pain because women more commonly report neck, jaw, and back pain. [1] METHODS We randomly selected 50,000 visits … pain because women more commonly report neck, jaw, and back pain.   Objective We evaluated the sensitivity and …