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Use of Severity Indicators in a Public Health Surveillance System
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Data streams related to case severity have been added to the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a disease-monitoring application used by the Department of Defense (DoD), as an additional… read more… derived indicators: Sick-in-Quarters (SIQ) and Escalating Care. Objective To evaluate new severity indicators that … derived indicators: Sick-in-Quarters (SIQ) and Escalating Care. Objective To evaluate new severity indicators that … -
Refinement of a Population-Based Bayesian Network for Fusion of Health Surveillance Data
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The ESSENCE demonstration module was built to help DoD health monitors make routine decisions based on disparate evidence sources such as daily counts of ILI-related chief complaints, ratios of positive lab tests for influenza, patient age… read more… evidence sources to monitor health at hundreds of care facilities. A demonstration module featuring a … evidence sources to monitor health at hundreds of care facilities. A demonstration module featuring a …