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| Michael M WagnerSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Establishing a nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in TaiwanTsung Shu Joseph Wu
Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
BMC Public Health 8:18. 2008..This report describes the challenges and steps involved in developing ED-SSS and the timely information it provides to improve in public health decision-making...
Design of a national retail data monitor for public health surveillanceMichael M Wagner
The RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 550, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:409-18. 2003....
Syndrome and outbreak detection using chief-complaint data--experience of the Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance projectMichael M Wagner
Real Time Outbreak and Disease Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500, Cellomics Building, 500 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 53:28-31. 2004..Prospective evaluation revealed that a cluster of carbon monoxide exposures was detected by RODS within 4 hours of the presentation of the first case to an emergency department...
Representative threats for research in public health surveillanceMichael M Wagner
The Real Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 550, 100 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
J Biomed Inform 36:177-88. 2003..This set characterizes the problem space in a tractable manner with less loss of generality than analyses based on one or two selected diseases, which is representative of current analyses...
National Retail Data Monitor for public health surveillanceMichael M Wagner
Real Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500, Cellomics Building, 500 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 53:40-2. 2004....
Detection of pediatric respiratory and diarrheal outbreaks from sales of over-the-counter electrolyte productsWilliam R Hogan
The RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:555-62. 2003..To determine whether sales of electrolyte products contain a signal of outbreaks of respiratory and diarrheal disease in children and, if so, how much earlier a signal relative to hospital diagnoses...
The Bayesian aerosol release detector: an algorithm for detecting and characterizing outbreaks caused by an atmospheric release of Bacillus anthracisWilliam R Hogan
The RODS Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Stat Med 26:5225-52. 2007..We report a proof-of-concept evaluation of BARD, which demonstrates that the approach shows promise and warrants further development and evaluation...
Technical description of RODS: a real-time public health surveillance systemFu Chiang Tsui
The RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Suite 8084 Forbes Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:399-408. 2003..RODS was used during the 2002 Winter Olympics and currently operates in two states-Pennsylvania and Utah. It has been and continues to be a resource for implementing, evaluating, and applying new methods of public health surveillance...
The RODS Open Source Project: removing a barrier to syndromic surveillanceJeremy U Espino
Real Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:1192-6. 2004..This paper describes the design of the software, requested extensions, and the structure of the development effort...
Bayesian prediction of an epidemic curveXia Jiang
Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Parkvale Building, M 183, 200 Meyran Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
J Biomed Inform 42:90-9. 2009..We develop a model for estimating an epidemic curve early in an outbreak, and we show results of experiments testing its accuracy...
Classification of emergency department chief complaints into 7 syndromes: a retrospective analysis of 527,228 patientsWendy W Chapman
Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 46:445-55. 2005....
Analysis of Web access logs for surveillance of influenzaHeather A Johnson
RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 107:1202-6. 2004....
Classifying free-text triage chief complaints into syndromic categories with natural language processingWendy W Chapman
The RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 8084, Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Artif Intell Med 33:31-40. 2005..Develop and evaluate a natural language processing application for classifying chief complaints into syndromic categories for syndromic surveillance...
How outbreaks of infectious disease are detected: a review of surveillance systems and outbreaksVirginia Dato
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Southwest District Office, 514 Pittsburgh State Building, 300 liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Public Health Rep 119:464-71. 2004..State and local health departments and the health care system are major components in the detection of outbreaks...
Generating a reliable reference standard set for syndromic case classificationWendy W Chapman
RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2582, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:618-29. 2005..To generate and measure the reliability for a reference standard set with representative cases from seven broad syndromic case definitions and several narrower syndromic definitions used for biosurveillance...
Fever detection from free-text clinical records for biosurveillanceWendy W Chapman
RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Biomed Inform 37:120-7. 2004....
Creating a text classifier to detect radiology reports describing mediastinal findings associated with inhalational anthrax and other disordersWendy Webber Chapman
Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 8084 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:494-503. 2003..The aim of this study was to create a classifier for automatic detection of chest radiograph reports consistent with the mediastinal findings of inhalational anthrax...
The space race and biodefense: lessons from NASA about big science and the role of medical informaticsMichael M Wagner
RODS Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:120-2. 2002..space program? Can we measure success in biodefense as we did for the space project? What are the existing resources that are the equivalents of propulsion systems and rocket engineers that can be applied to the problems of biodefense?..
Implementing syndromic surveillance: a practical guide informed by the early experienceKenneth D Mandl
Children s Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Center for Biopreparedness, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:141-50. 2004....
Automated syndromic surveillance for the 2002 Winter OlympicsPer H Gesteland
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:547-54. 2003..No outbreaks of public health significance were detected. The system was implemented successfully and operational for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and remains operational today...
Automatic electronic laboratory-based reporting of notifiable infectious diseases at a large health systemAnil A Panackal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:685-91. 2002..Automatic reporting was more rapid and as complete as conventional reporting. Using standardized coding and minimizing free text usage will increase the completeness of electronic laboratory-based reporting...
Roundtable on bioterrorism detection: information system-based surveillanceWilliam B Lober
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:105-15. 2002..A mailing list server for these ongoing efforts may be found at http://bt.cirg.washington.edu...
The informatics response in disaster, terrorism, and warJonathan M Teich
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:97-104. 2002..Each of these health issues carries large demands for the collection, analysis, coordination, and distribution of health information. The authors present overviews of these areas and discuss ongoing work efforts of experts in each...
