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Public Health Informatics (80) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2394) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1490) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1484) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1679) Surveillance Systems (430) Digital Contact Tracing, Digital Proximity Tracing, Precision Public Health (138) Innovative Methods in Public Health and Surveillance (307) Natural Language Processing (650)

Published on in Vol 8, No 3 (2022): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/36119, first published .
Identifying COVID-19 Outbreaks From Contact-Tracing Interview Forms for Public Health Departments: Development of a Natural Language Processing Pipeline

Identifying COVID-19 Outbreaks From Contact-Tracing Interview Forms for Public Health Departments: Development of a Natural Language Processing Pipeline

Identifying COVID-19 Outbreaks From Contact-Tracing Interview Forms for Public Health Departments: Development of a Natural Language Processing Pipeline

Authors of this article:

John Caskey1 Author Orcid Image ;   Iain L McConnell1 Author Orcid Image ;   Madeline Oguss1 Author Orcid Image ;   Dmitriy Dligach2 Author Orcid Image ;   Rachel Kulikoff3 Author Orcid Image ;   Brittany Grogan3 Author Orcid Image ;   Crystal Gibson3 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth Wimmer4 Author Orcid Image ;   Traci E DeSalvo4 Author Orcid Image ;   Edwin E Nyakoe-Nyasani4 Author Orcid Image ;   Matthew M Churpek1 Author Orcid Image ;   Majid Afshar1 Author Orcid Image
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John Caskey   1 , PhD ;   Iain L McConnell   1 , PhD ;   Madeline Oguss   1 , MSc ;   Dmitriy Dligach   2 , PhD ;   Rachel Kulikoff   3 , MPH ;   Brittany Grogan   3 , MPH ;   Crystal Gibson   3 , MPH ;   Elizabeth Wimmer   4 , BSc ;   Traci E DeSalvo   4 , MPH ;   Edwin E Nyakoe-Nyasani   4 ;   Matthew M Churpek   1 , MD, MPH, PhD ;   Majid Afshar   1 , MD, MSc

1 University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States

2 Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

3 Public Health Madison & Dane County, Madison, WI, United States

4 State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, WI, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Majid Afshar, MD, MSc
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison
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