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Moving Digital Disease Detection From Research to Action: Findings from a Survey of ISDS Membership
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Information is imperative to detecting and intervening in a disease outbreak, but the enormous amount of information that public health leaders must sift through can become overwhelming and obstructive. In the disease outbreak environment, it is… read more -
Near Real-Time Monitoring of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data During the 2013 Super Bowl and Mardi Gras Events in New Orleans, LA
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify… read more -
Near-Real-Time Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Nebraska by Using ESSENCE
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CVD is one of the leading causes of death in the US, with 800,000 deaths being linked to CVD every year. Recently, the CDC reported that 1 in 4 of these deaths could be prevented by lifestyle changes, creating healthier living spaces, as well as… read more -
Newborn Hearing Screening: High Risk Populations of Loss to Follow-up in Louisiana, 2007-2011
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Newborn hearing screening prior to hospital discharge is implemented in all states and some U.S. territories. All newborns who fail the hearing screening are encouraged to follow up to get further tests to confirm diagnosis of hearing loss as early… read more -
Newborns with Delayed Hearing Screening Prior to Hospital Discharge: High Risk Populations of Hearing Loss
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Hearing loss is the most common birth defect, occurring at a rate of 1-3 of every 1000 births. The goal of the Louisiana Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (LA EHDI) is to ensure that all newborns are screened for hearing loss so that… read more -
Non-Parametric Scan Statistics for Disease Outbreak Detection on Twitter
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Disease outbreak detection based on traditional surveillance datasets, such as disease cases reported from hospitals, is potentially limited in that the collection of clinic information is costly and time consuming. However, social media provides… read more -
Notifications of Public Health Events under the International Health Regulations _ 5 Year U.S. Experience
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All WHO member states are signatories of the IHR (1) to improve global health security. Objectives are to improve countries' capacities to detect, notify and respond to PHEICs. Rapid and transparent information sharing are critical for global… read more -
Novel and Nontraditional Data Streams: Where Do They Fit into Biosurveillance Action?
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Public health surveillance relies on multiple systems and methodologies for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Each component provides only part of the picture, such as detection of possible outbreaks or events of concern; geographic… read more