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  • Relationship between neighborhood poverty and emergency department utilization for fever/flu syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The HEDSS system was implemented in 2004 to monitor disease activity.1 In all, 18 of 32 emergency departments (ED) and urgent care clinic provide data. Chief complaints are routinely categorized into eight syndromes. The fever/flu syndrome is… read more
    … K Desy et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 22 fever/flu (for example, vaccination, … Emerging Health Threats Journal K Desy et al. 2011, 4:s75 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 23 …
  • Real-time, reusable, dynamic public health surveillance

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    The resources available in most public health departments are limited. Access to trained technical personnel and stateof-the-art computing resources are also lacking. Customizable off-the-shelf systems contribute only to creation of information… read more
    … Mirhaji et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 50 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal P Mirhaji et al. 2011, 4:s103 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 51 …
  • Samos: a community-driven open-access prediction market system

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    Prediction markets are a type of futures market in which users trade shares that pay off if the event to which they are connected occurs. They are used to aggregate knowledge on a large scale, as the prices of the various contracts can be… read more
    … J Paton et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 5151 between editors and the community … Health Threats Journal J Paton et al. 2011, 4:s141 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 5252 …
  • School absenteeism and emergency department ILI rates in King County, WA 2003–2009

    Content Type: Abstract

    Absenteeism is regarded as an expedient and responsive marker of illness activity. It has been used as a health outcome measure for a wide spectrum of exposures and as an early indicator of influenza outbreaks.1 A handful of studies have described… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 74 of absenteeism for ILI are needed to … Health Threats Journal C Rodriguez et al. 2011, 4:s109 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 75 …
  • A data simulation model using NRDM pharmaceutical sales counts

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    In disease surveillance, an outbreak is often present in more than one data type. If each data type is analyzed separately rather than combined, the statistical power to detect an outbreak may suffer because no single data source… read more
    … and F-C Tsui.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 5353 distribution. Third, we combine the … Health Threats Journal J Que and F-C Tsui. 2011, 4:s49 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 5454 …
  • Syndromic Surveillance, The First French Experience

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    This paper describes the development of a syndromic surveillance system in France. It is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPís activities (Sos Medecins), deaths certificates.
    … GP’s associations (Sos Médecins). REFERENCES [1]http://www.invs.sante.fr/publications/2005/annual_report_2003/ … Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire. 2005;27-28:134-137. www.invs.sante.fr/beh (last visit 07/18/05) Further …
  • Update on Digital Bridge Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) Project

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented July 20, 2018. A first of its kind partnership, the Digital Bridge has created a forum for key decision makers in the health care, public health and health information technology arenas to share ideas and solutions. The Digital Bridge… read more
    … exchange/) • DirectTrust (https://www.directtrust.org/) 15 … • The Digital Bridge intends to be transparent. See www.digitalbridge.us for: • Workgroup updates, completed … sign-up Thank you! 25 mailto:info@digitalbridge.us http://www.digitalbridge.us/ Additional Slides for Reference …
  • Meaningful use and public health surveillance: to travel fast or far?

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    There is an ancient African proverb that states, ‘If you want to travel fast, travel alone; if you want to travel far, travel together.’ This paper examines the issue of whether public health can and should ‘go it alone’ in efforts for creating… read more
    … LA Lenert.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 50 be further enhanced by use of … Emerging Health Threats Journal LA Lenert. 2011, 4:s92 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 51 …