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International System for Total Early Disease Detection (InSTEDD) Platform
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This paper describes a hybrid (event-based and indicator-based) surveillance platform designed to streamline the collaboration between domain experts and machine learning algorithms for detection, prediction and response to health-related events (… read more… (SMS messages, RSS feeds, email list (e.g., ProMed), documents, web pages, electronic medical records, animal … -
Standard Operation Procedures for Three Syndromic Surveillance Systems in Washoe County, Nevada - A Local Perspective
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Washoe County District Health Department (WCDHD) is a local health district serving nearly 400,000 residents in Washoe County including cities of Reno and Sparks, the second largest urban area in Nevada. To enhance overall public health surveillance… read more… is performed by the same staff who monitors signal(s) and documents in a spreadsheet. Staff reports signals to the … -
Building an automated Bayesian case detection system
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Current practices of automated case detection fall into the extremes of diagnostic accuracy and timeliness. In regards to diagnostic accuracy, electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) is at one extreme and syndromic surveillance is at… read more… L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents based on natural language processing. J Am Med … -
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System Evaluation, Ebonyi State Nigeria, 2017
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Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world with ongoing wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nigeria also experiences outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Following the… read more… on key surveillance indicators. We also reviewed relevant documents and reports. Results Funding and logistics for AFP … -
An automated influenza-like-illness reporting system using freetext emergency department reports
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Current methods for influenza surveillance include laboratory confirmed case reporting, sentinel physician reporting of Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and chief-complaint monitoring from emergency departments (EDs). The current… read more… L, Lussier Y, Hripcsak G. Automated encoding of clinical documents based on natural language processing. J Am Med … -
One Health: an Education & Outreach Program for Abattoir Workers
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Presented October 25, 2017. In regular contact with abattoir workers during inspections, USDA APHIS Georgia employees noticed very few employees using proper PPE, and observed risky slaughter and processing practices at both small and large… read more… the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine Document Abattoir Outreach Materials.pdf … CFSPH foR MoRe InfoRMatIon, see the ‘DIsInfectIon 101’ DocuMent at www.cfsph.iastate.edu ? Information not found … -
An Open Source Web Services Toolkit for Event Detection Algorithms
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As major disease outbreaks are rare, empirical evaluation of statistical methods for outbreak detection requires the use of modified or completely simulated health event data in addition to real data. Comparisons of different techniques will be more… read more… All web services interfaces are defined using WSDL documents allowing for easy connectivity between diverse … -
The Implementation of an Outbreak Management Solution in New York State
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Most outbreaks are small and localized in nature, although it is larger outbreaks that result in the most public attention. So a solution to manage an outbreak has to be able to accommodate a response to small outbreaks in a single jurisdiction… read more… and functional require- ments and software specification documents were completed in 2009. A diagram of data flow is …