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Validation of Emergency Department and Outpatient Data Using ILI syndrome classifiers
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health conducts ED syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). Using outpatient data for syndromic surveillance is a relatively new concept, brought about due to the increasing use… read more -
Validation of multiplex PCR for detection and differentiation of Salmonellas
Content Type: Abstract
Salmonellosis is the zoonotic disease caused by Salmonella bacteria. These are food-borne pathogens, which require improvement of diagnostics and surveillance measures. Prior to implementation of a PCR-based system for monitoring Salmonella,… read more -
Validation of New Jersey Emergency Department (ED) Registration Data in BioSense 2.0
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BioSense 2.0, a redesigned national syndromic surveillance system, provides users with timely regional and national data classified into disease syndromes, with views of health outcomes and trends for use in situational awareness. As of July 2014,… read more -
Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments
Content Type: Use Case
Use case for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Models for Forecasting Asthma Exacerbations in Urban Environments consultancy held March 30-31, 2016 at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). Problem… read more -
Validation of the Michigan's Public Health Syndromic System Using Electronic Medical Records
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Michigan has been collecting chief complaint data from emergency departments statewide to support situational awareness activities related to communicable disease since 2004. We validated the syndromic system by comparing the chief complaint data to… read more -
Biosurveillance Adaptable Framework for Teaming, Exploration and Reuse (BioAFTER)
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Next-generation software environments for disease surveillance will need to have several important characteristics, among which are collaboration and search and discovery features, access to various data sets, and a variety of analytic methods.… read more -
Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) Workflow Analysis
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate (DTRA CB) has initiated the Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) research and development program. Work process flow diagrams, with associated explanations and… read more -
A Second Chance: Overdose Prevention, Naloxone, and Human Rights in the United States
Content Type: Report
This report, published April 2017 from Human Rights Watch, explores measures required for an effective program to prevent opioid overdose deaths and current legal, policy and other challenges to be addressed.