AIMC Topic: Population Surveillance

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Visualization of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Co-Occurrence With Network Methods.

JCO clinical cancer informatics
PURPOSE: Cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are common causes of morbidity and mortality, and measurement and interpretation of their co-occurrence rate have important implications for public health and patient care. Here, we present the raw and...

Arden Syntax MLM Building Blocks for Microbiological Concepts and Their Application in Infection Surveillance.

Studies in health technology and informatics
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis - and hence definitions - of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) rely on microbiological laboratory test results in specific constellations.

Using EHRs and Machine Learning for Heart Failure Survival Analysis.

Studies in health technology and informatics
"Heart failure (HF) is a frequent health problem with high morbidity and mortality, increasing prevalence and escalating healthcare costs" [1]. By calculating a HF survival risk score based on patient-specific characteristics from Electronic Health R...

Exploring brand-name drug mentions on Twitter for pharmacovigilance.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Twitter has been proposed by several studies as a means to track public health trends such as influenza and Ebola outbreaks by analyzing user messages in order to measure different population features and interests. In this work we analyze the number...