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  • Making One Health Operational – the One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource ToolkitTM

    Content Type: Webinar

    Over the last decade, the One Health approach has gained support as a valuable way to address complex issues at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment.  Moving from theory to application is more challenging, though, and experts… read more
    … Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART) was co-developed by the University of Minnesota and the U.S. … Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART) was co-developed by the University of Minnesota and the U.S. …
  • Ten Years of Syndromic Surveillance in New Hampshire: Innovation, Experience and Outcomes

    Content Type: Abstract

    In response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) engaged state and external partners in the design of an early warning surveillance system to support bioterrorism and emergency… read more
    … STEMS, APHA Annual Conference; 2006. http://apha.confex.- com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm. *David Swenson … 11173 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11173 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm … http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm 1-25 ehtj11702 …
  • Evaluating Outbreak-Detection Methods Using Simulations: Volume Under the Time-ROC Surface

    Content Type: Abstract

    There are many proposed methods of identifying outbreaks of disease in surveillance data. However, there is little agreement about appropriate ways to choose amongst them. One common basis for comparison is simulating outbreaks and adding the simu… read more
    … ways to choose amongst them. One common basis for com- parison is simulating outbreaks and adding the simu- … connected across the ROC curve to form a curtain, then con- nected to the (x,y,z) = (1,0,1) corner of the ROC curve … than either the tent or the two-threshold method. In con- trast, the conditional ROC curve resulted in much …
  • Semantic Approach to Text Understanding of Chief Complaints Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Chief complaints are often represented textually and as a mixture of complex and context-dependant lexical symbols with little formal sentence structure. Although human experts usually comprehend this information in its right context intuitively and… read more
    … to process- ing free form text information such as chief com- plaints using formal knowledge representation and … challenge. Semantic approaches for text understanding are con- cerned with the meaning of terms and their relation- … enables a knowledgeable computer agent to identify those con- cepts in a given text and pinpoint relevant relation- …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance in the Investigation of Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    On June 22, 2007 increases in over-the-counter (OTC) electrolyte and child anti-fever medication sales were detected through routine OTC surveillance. Increases in emergency department (ED) data for gastrointestinal (GI) illness among… read more
    … Cases were predominantly young children and included 8 con- firmed cases among NYC residents with onset dates from … [OR=1.7, 95%CI=(0.1, 29.4)]; however, the control who con- sumed Veggie Booty® reported having diarrhea upon … by pa- rental report of diarrhea as opposed to ED chief com- plaint; the OR for Veggie Booty® was 8.3, 95%CI=(0.4, …
  • An Enterprise Information Integration (EII) Approach for a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    A comprehensive definition of a syndrome is composed of direct (911 calls, emergency departments, primary care providers, sensor, veterinary, agricultural and animal data) and indirect evidence (data from schools, drug stores, weather etc.).… read more
    … BACKGROUND A comprehensive definition of a syndrome is com- posed of direct (911 calls, emergency departments, … 2003. Further Information: Uma Marques, marques_uma@bah.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:47 …
  • Online Temporal Clustering for Outbreak Detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    We hypothesize that epidemics around their onset tend to affect primarily a well-defined subgroup of the overall population that is for some reason particularly susceptible. While the vulnerable cohort is often well described for… read more
    … being studied. REFERENCES [1] Singliar, T. and D. Dash. COD: Online Temporal Clustering for Outbreak Detection. In … tomas@cs.pitt.edu Denver Dash, denver.h.dash@intel.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;4:17 …
  • Planning & Development of a Regional Integrated Disease Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Shenzhen is a special economic region in southern China, adjacent to Hong Kong, with a population of approximately 14 million. The pioneering efforts of Shenzhen in the development of electronic disease surveillance started as… read more
    … IT support capabilities in disease surveillance and con- trol, as well as a collaboration model integrating the … Information: Xiaohui Zhang, Ph.D.Xiaohui_zhang@stchome.com Phone: 520-202-3333 FAX: 520-202-3340 Advances in …