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Evaluation of DoD Syndrome Mapping and Baseline for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM Transition
Content Type: Abstract
The Department of Defense conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. Providers within the MHS assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are… read more -
Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling
Content Type: Report
Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia. Problem Summary New efforts are underway to… read more -
Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling
Content Type: Use Case
Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia. Problem Summary New efforts are underway to design and… read more -
Civilian-military Collaboration: Department of Defense data in the BioSense Platform
Content Type: Abstract
The DoD provides daily outpatient and emergency room data feeds to the BioSense Platform within NSSP, maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This data includes demographic characteristics and diagnosis codes for health… read more -
Advancing Epidemic Prediction and Forecasting: A New US Government Initiative
Content Type: Abstract
The National Science and Technology Council, within the Executive Office of the President, established the Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technology (PPFST) Working Group in 2013. The PPFST Working Group supports the US Predict the… read more -
User Experience of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Respiratory Disease Dashboard
Content Type: Abstract
Lessons learned from the 2009 influenza pandemic have driven many changes in the standards and practices of respiratory disease surveillance worldwide. In response to the needs for timely information sharing of emerging respiratory pathogens (1),… read more -
A Review of Evaluations of Electronic Event-based Biosurveillance Systems
Content Type: Abstract
EEBS’s that use near real-time information from the Internet are an increasingly important source of intelligence for public health organizations. However, there has not been a systematic assessment of EEBS evaluations, which could identify… read more -
Beyond Traditional Surveillance: Applying Syndromic Surveillance to Developing Settings- Opportunities and Challenges
Content Type: Abstract
The revised International Health Regulations (IHR) have expanded traditional infectious disease notification to include surveillance diseases of international importance, including emerging infectious diseases. However, there are no clearly… read more