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  • Ontology-Based Automatic Chief Complaints Classification for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Free-text emergency department triage chief complaints (CCs) are a popular data source used by many syndromic surveillance systems because of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major… read more
    … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major …
  • Scanning the Emerging Infectious Diseases Horizon - Visualizing ProMed Emails Using EpiSPIDER

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Internet has created an information revolution that spans across all knowledge domains and removes temporal and geographic barriers. Various disparate tools allow individuals to communicate with each other across these barriers. We also have an… read more
    … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources …
  • Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more
    … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic path- ways.1 The three most … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most …
  • Promoting the One Health Approach to prevent wildlife-borne zoonotic diseases in Bolivia – Yellow fever outbreak case study

    Content Type: Case Study

    Immediate detection and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks in animals are valuable strategies to prevent infections in humans. Detection and early warning of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers,… read more
    … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting …
  • An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in Northern Illinois

    Content Type: Abstract

    Comparison of heat-related health effects across regions or among different syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. While a national standard for common heat-related syndromes… read more
    … syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. … syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. …
  • Syndromic Surveillance and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery (SPHERR) Subcommittee Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2024• September 2024 (Injury & Illness Trends in Grand Canyon)-… read more
    …  (The Give: An Optimal Algorithm Matching EMS Data to ED Visit Data and Development and Use of Queries Related to …  (The Give: An Optimal Algorithm Matching EMS Data to ED Visit Data and Development and Use of Queries Related to …  (The Give: An Optimal Algorithm Matching EMS Data to ED Visit Data and Development and Use of Queries Related to …
  • Web Search Query Data to Monitor Dengue Epidemics: a New Model for Dengue Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    With an estimated 500 million people infected each year, dengue ranks as one of the most significant mosquito-borne viral human diseases, and one of the most rapidly emerging vectorborne diseases. A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and… read more
    … A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … (1). A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo

    Content Type: Abstract

    The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more
    … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting …