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  • KS Onboarding Presentation

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    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.
    … DUA for SyS Link to KDHE Meaningful Use Website : http://www.kdheks.gov/health/ meaningful_use/ Onboarding Process: … n  Outdated version available at: https://sites.google.com/site/ biosenseusercommunity/home/workgroups/ …
  • Evaluating Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Response Systems in Developing Countries: Framework and Pilot Application

    Content Type: Abstract

    A pandemic caused by influenza A/H5N1 or another novel strain could kill millions of people and devastate economies worldwide. Recent computer simulations suggest that an emerging influenza pandemic might be contained in Southeast Asia through rapid… read more
    … delays in pandemic recognition. Wealthy countries have com- mitted substantial funds to improve pandemic detec- … Interval between symptom onset and presentation for con- firmed human H5N1 cases with publicly available WHO … Health Organization. WHO pandemic influenza draft proto- col for rapid response and containment. Draft 30, May 2006. …
  • Using the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Complaints in Boston's Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Abbreviation, misspellings, and site specific terminology may misclassify chief complaints syndromes. The Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) is system that cleans emergency department chief complaints and returns standard terms.… read more
    … the Emergency Medical Text Processor to Standardize Chief Com- plaints in Boston’s Syndromic Surveillance System … The string fields in the 2007 UMLS data are 65k bytes com- pared to 255 (text vs tinytext) in the older version. …
  • NBIC and DTRA, An Interagency Partnership to Integrate Analyst Capabilities

    Content Type: Abstract

    NBIC collects, analyzes, and shares key biosurveillance information to support the nation’s response to biological events of concern. Integration of this information enables early warning and shared situational awareness to inform critical decision… read more
    … Technologies Department (DTRA J9 CB) have partnered to co- develop the Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE), an … Technologies Department (DTRA J9 CB) have partnered to co- develop the Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE), an …
  • Utilizing syndromic surveillance systems for climate-related outcomes

    Content Type: Webinar

    Adverse health effects related to climate change are currently being seen, and these adverse outcomes are likely to increase in the future. Syndromic surveillance systems can provide near-real time information which may be used for situational… read more
    … terms or common misspellings. For instance, including CO2 in a carbon monoxide poisoning definition. 13 Diagnosis … surveillance in public health practice ( http:// www.cste.org/group/ClimateChange ) Utilizing syndromic … Society for Disease Surveillance onarom.lh@gmail.com ISDS website: www.healthsurveillance.org Thank you to …
  • BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Creating Syndrome Definitions Using RStudio

    Content Type: Webinar

    When public health practitioners use BioSense 2.0, they can view and analyze data on a variety of predetermined syndromes from infectious diseases (such as influenza) to injuries. However, some users may want to use tools to explore new and… read more
    … <- 'TC_Meaningful_Use_Base' # Create database connection con <- dbConnect(dbDriver('MySQL'), user=USERNAME, … password=PASSWORD, host=HOSTNAME, dbname=DBNAME) Example: Co-morbid Syndrome We want to see the co-occurrence of …
  • Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series #1: Rapid surveillance of overdose morbidity - Developing case definitions, building queries, and analyzing results

    Content Type: Webinar

    This is the first installment of the ISDS Opioid Surveillance Webinar Series, June - July, 2017. Click here for Part 2 of… read more
    … March 18, 2015 DEA Nationwide Alert available at: http://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2015/hq031815.shtml 8 Prescription … Related ED visits in the Colorado North Central Region (CO-NCR), State of Nebraska, and Marion County, Indiana … Meeting Monday, June 26, 1 pm - 2 pm ET ISDS Surveillance CoP Call Tuesday, June 27, 3 pm – 4:30 pm ET 4 …
  • 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
    … settings1 1. Rice et al. IMFAR 2014 https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2014/webprogram/Paper17138.html Current diagnostic … than scientists https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html On … contact CDC 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov The findings and conclusions in this report are …