Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Author "Xu, Zhiheng"
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Application of change point analysis to daily influenza-like illness emergency department visits
Kass-Hout, Taha A; Xu, Zhiheng; McMurray, Paul; Park, Soyoun; Buckeridge, David L; Brownstein, John S; Finelli, Lyn; Groseclose, Samuel L (BMJ Group, 2012)Background: The utility of healthcare utilization data from US emergency departments (EDs) for rapid monitoring of changes in influenza-like illness (ILI) activity was highlighted during the recent influenza A (H1N1) ... -
Self-Reported Fever and Measured Temperature in Emergency Department Records Used for Syndromic Surveillance
Kass-Hout, Taha A; Buckeridge, David; Brownstein, John Samuel; Xu, Zhiheng; McMurray, Paul; Ishikawa, Charles K T; Gunn, Julia; Massoudi, Barbara L (BMJ Group, 2012)Many public health agencies monitor population health using syndromic surveillance, generally employing information from emergency department (ED) visit records. When combined with other information, objective evidence of ...