Probabilistic, Decision-theoretic Disease Surveillance and Control

Authors

  • Michael Wagner Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Fuchiang Tsui Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Gregory Cooper Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Jeremy Espino Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Hendrik Harkema Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • John Levander Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Ricardo Villamarin Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Ronald Voorhees Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • Nicholas Millett Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Christopher Keane Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • Anind Dey Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Manik Razdan Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • Yang Hu Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
  • Ming Tsai Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Shawn Brown Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • Bruce Y Lee Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • Anthony Gallagher Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Margaret Potter Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v3i3.3798

Abstract

The Pittsburgh Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics has developed a probabilistic, decision-theoretic system for disease surveillance and control for use in Allegheny County, PA and later in Tarrant County, TX. This paper describes the software components of the system and its knowledge bases. The paper uses influenza surveillance to illustrate how the software components transform data collected by the healthcare system into population level analyses and decision analyses of potential outbreak-control measures.

Author Biographies

Michael Wagner, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

MD, PhD

Fuchiang Tsui, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

PhD

Gregory Cooper, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

MD, PhD

Jeremy Espino, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

MD

Hendrik Harkema, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

PhD

Ricardo Villamarin, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

PhD

Ronald Voorhees, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

MD

Christopher Keane, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

PhD

Anind Dey, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

PhD

Manik Razdan, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

DMD

Yang Hu, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh

MS

Ming Tsai, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

MS

Shawn Brown, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

PhD

Bruce Y Lee, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

MD, MBA

Anthony Gallagher, Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health, Department of Biomedical Informatics

PhD

Margaret Potter, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

JD

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Published

2011-12-22

How to Cite

Wagner, M., Tsui, F., Cooper, G., Espino, J., Harkema, H., Levander, J., … Potter, M. (2011). Probabilistic, Decision-theoretic Disease Surveillance and Control. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v3i3.3798

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