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  • Qatar experience on MERS-CoV One Health Surveillance and Response, 2012 - 2015

    Content Type: Case Study

    The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 had placed a great concern on the public health institutions globally and in particular in the Arab region. The gaps in knowledge related to the novel virus put… read more
    … the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 had placed a great concern on the public health … Case Study CASE STUDY TITLE Qatar experience on MERS-CoV One Health Surveillance and Response, 2012-2015 … the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 had placed a great concern on the public health …
  • R Software Environment Resources

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    What is R? R is a language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a variety of UNIX platforms, Windows, and MacOS. It is similar to the S language and environment - in fact,… read more
    … explanations' on how to use R. R for Epidemiology Medepi.com   - Medical Epidemiology - Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH - "The … explanations' on how to use R. R for Epidemiology Medepi.com   - Medical Epidemiology - Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH - "The …
  • Exploring Chief Complaint Word Co-occurence Visualizations

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented October 28, 2016. We are going to briefly explore the tidytext, widyr, and flexdashboard packages to analyze word co-occurrence, look at ngrams, and then visualize the results in word network graphs. Looking at your data in this way can… read more
    … widyr, and flexdashboard packages to analyze word co-occurrence, look at ngrams, and then visualize the … widyr, and flexdashboard packages to analyze word co-occurrence, look at ngrams, and then visualize the … Exploring Chief Complaint Word Co-occurence Visualizations …
  • Project Tycho, Data for Health: Open Access to Newly Digitized U.S. Weekly Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance Data from 1888-Present

    Content Type: Webinar

    Background: Public health agencies in the United States such as the Public Health Service before 1950 and the Centers for Disease Control after 1950 have published nationally notifiable disease reports for cities and states… read more
    … data can be freely accessed and used for any purpose on  www.tycho.pitt.edu  after registration and agreement to a … 72-148) Total 2000-2010: 26 million (P10-90: 18-37) www.tycho.pitt.edu (open access) Data redistribution http://www.tycho.pitt.edu/ Demo www.tycho.pitt.edu …
  • Utilizing Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Irma-Related CO Poisonings in Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. Over 90% of Florida counties reported power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel combustion sources (e.g., cooking,… read more
    … power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel … (e.g., cooking, heating) or generators for electricity. CO poisoning is a reportable condition in Florida; health … of Health (FDOH). In Florida, approximately 202 cases of CO poisoning are reported each year (three-year average from …
  • Surveillance for nationally notifiable infectious conditions using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE biosurveillance system

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) obtains electronic data from 153 Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers plus outpatient clinics in all 50 states, American Samoa, Guam,… read more
    … analysis, we examined positive predictive value of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in VA ESSENCE to determine the utility of … in VA.   Objective To determine the utility of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE for detection and … nationally notifiable infectious conditions using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE biosurveillance system …
  • Virtual Speed Networking with the Analytic Solutions Committee (ASC)

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented January 11, 2018. The purpose of the event was to stimulate and facilitate constructive communication and collaboration among analytic method developers and practitioners charged with routine public health surveillance, ranging from… read more
    … Twitter engagement and topical forums on  http://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/ . The talks were intended … HIV, HCV, and HBV datasets in order to get accurate co-infection information along with finding record … E-mail: daniel.neill@nyu.edu Personal Website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~neill EPD Lab Website: …
  • Proposed ICD–10–CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits

    Content Type: Report

    National Health Statistics Reports, Number 100, January 23, 2017. Abstract This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to… read more
    … Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM). The proposed ICD–10–CM surveillance case definitions were developed by applying … of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM) definitions. As with the ICD–9–CM definitions, there are …