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Micro-epidemiological structuring of Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations in regions with varying transmission intensities in Africa. [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2017
Background The first models of malaria transmission assumed a completely mixed and homogeneous population of parasites.  Recent models include spatial heterogeneity and variably mixed populations.
Irene Omedo, Polycarp Mogeni, Teun Bousema, Kirk Rockett, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Isabella Oyier, Jennifer C. Stevenson, Amrish Y. Baidjoe, Etienne P. de Villiers, Greg Fegan, Amanda Ross, Christina Hubbart, Anne Jeffreys, Thomas N. Williams, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Philip Bejon   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syndromic Surveillance

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2015
Prior to the October 1, 2015 transition deadline, all public health jurisdictions should prepare for the impact that the ICD-9/10 transition will have on their syndromic surveillance practice. This change presents challenges involving resources, funding,
P. Hicks, J. Pavlin, A. Baer, David J. Swenson, A. Kite-Powell, A. Jayatilleke, B. Evans, L. C. Streichert   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Leveraging Informatics and Technology to Support Public Health Response: Framework and Illustrations using COVID-19 [PDF]

, 2021
Objective: To develop a conceptual model and novel, comprehensive framework that encompass the myriad ways informatics and technology can support public health response to a pandemic.
Dixon, Brian E., Kassler, William, Snowdon, Jane L., Rhee, Kyu, Karunakaram, Hema, Hema Karunakaram, Kyu Rhee, William Kassler, Jane Snowdon, Brian Dixon   +9 more
core   +1 more source

An analysis of characteristics of post-authorisation studies registered on the ENCePP EU PAS Register [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the study design characteristics of Post-Authorisation Studies (PAS) requested by the European Medicines Agency which were recorded on the European Union (EU) PAS Register held by the European ...
Robert Carroll, Sreeram V. Ramagopalan, Javier Cid-Ruzafa, Dimitra Lambrelli, Laura McDonald   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statistical Methodologies for Detecting Drug-Drug Interaction Using Spontaneous Reporting System

Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics
Statistical methodologies of signal detection for drug-drug interactions (DDIs) have been developed and used. In this study, we review methodologies for DDI signal detection using the spontaneous reporting system.
Heehyun Won, Haerin Cho, Hyunyoung Choi, Nam-Kyong Choi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Novel Syndrome Definition Validation Approach for Rarely Occurring Diseases

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 2013
Objective To develop and test a novel syndrome definition validation approach for rarely occurring diseases. Introduction Early detection of rarely occurring but potentially harmful diseases such as bio-threat agents (e.g., anthrax), chemical agents (e.g.
Julio C. Silva, Shital C. Shah, D. Rumoro, Marilyn M. Hallock, Gillian S. Gibbs, M. Waddell   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What are Canadian Medical Students Learning about Health Informatics

, 2011
Objective: To perform an environmental scan of health informatics teaching practices in Canadian medical schools as part of a quality improvement initiative at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine.
Taylor, Brett, Postuma, Paul, Hurley, Katrina F., Paterson, Grace   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

The GenABEL Project for statistical genomics [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
Development of free/libre open source software is usually done by a community of people with an interest in the tool. For scientific software, however, this is less often the case.
Lennart C. Karssen, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Yurii S. Aulchenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing Unnecessary Laboratory Testing Using Health Informatics Applications: A Case Study on a Tertiary Care Hospital

EUSPN/ICTH, 2014
BACKGROUND: Like many healthcare resources, laboratory testing has been over-utilized for years with a huge number of unnecess ary lab tests being done. The elimination of unnecessary laboratory testing is becoming more and more important in the control ...
Mohamed Khalifa, Parwaiz Khalid
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Computational science: shifting the focus from tools to models [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3p2]

F1000Research, 2014
Computational techniques have revolutionized many aspects of scientific research over the last few decades. Experimentalists use computation for data analysis, processing ever bigger data sets.
Konrad Hinsen
doaj   +1 more source