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The Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI and RESP Syndromes
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. The prevalence of these sub… read more -
The Potential of Hospital Data Sources for Influenza Surveillance
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Influenza is an important public health problem associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. A disease traditionally monitored via legally mandated reporting, researchers have identified alternative data sources for… read more -
The Potential of Syndromic Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness in the Community for Early Warning of Institutional Gastroenteritis Outbreaks
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In 2004, the NSW Public Health Real-time Emergency Department Surveillance System operating in and around Sydney, Australia signalled a large-scale increase in Emergency Department (ED) visits for gastrointestinal illness (GI). A subsequent… read more -
The Predictive Accuracy of Non-Regression Data Analysis Methods
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Analysis of time series data requires accurate calculation of a predicted value. Non-regression methods such as the Early Aberration Reporting System CuSum are computationally simple, but most do not adjust for day of week… read more -
The Role of National Retail Data Monitor (NRDM) in Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak Investigation, Washoe County, Nevada
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National Retail Data Monitor (NRDM) is a public health surveillance tool that collects and analyzes daily sales data for over-the-counter (OTC) health-care products from >15,000 retail stores nationwide. This is a system developed by Real-Time… read more -
The SAS/SaTScan Macro Accessory for Cartography (SMAC) Package
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SaTScan is a program often used for space-time cluster detection. In order to run SaTScan, the data must be in a pre-specified text format. Once the input files are in the correct format, the typical user opens SaTScan, chooses… read more -
The Snow Agent System: A Peer-to-Peer System for Disease Surveillance and Diagnostic Assistance
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In the Northern part of Norway, all general practitioners (GPs) and hospitals use electronic health record systems. They are all connected via an independent secure IP-network called the Norwegian Health Network which enables … read more -
The Tradeoffs Driving Policy and Research Decisions in Biosurveillance
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Every public health monitoring operation faces important decisions in its design phase. These include information sources to be used, the aggregation of data in space and time, the filtering of data records for required… read more