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Utility of Data Fusion for Public Health Monitors: Lessons Learned from a Beta Test
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The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) supports the development of new analytical tools to improve alerting in the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the … -
Assessment of National Poison Data System Algorithms to identify Public Health Events
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NPDS is a near real-time surveillance system and national database operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. NPDS receives records of all calls made to the 55 regional US poison centers (PCs). The Centers for Disease Control… read more… Alternative analysis tools such as those employed by ESSENCE and other computerized data surveillance systems … Alternative analysis tools such as those employed by ESSENCE and other computerized data surveillance systems … -
Effective Collaboration Models for Statiscians and Public Health Departments
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Public health departments need enhanced surveillance tools for population monitoring, and external researchers have expertise and methods to provide these tools. However, collaboration with potential solution developers and students in academia,… read more… Among the tools most desired by respondents were the ESSENCE biosurveillance system with multiple analytic tools … Among the tools most desired by respondents were the ESSENCE biosurveillance system with multiple analytic tools … -
Another Type of Cluster Monitoring: Detection of Groups of Anomalous Patient Residence Locations
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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics to detect disease outbreaks and other health-related events earlier than other forms of surveillance. Although… read more… for the Early Notification of Community- based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to detect disease outbreaks and other … Health Care System*Baltimore Medical Center. Using ESSENCE, daily counts of ICD-9 codes related to influenza … -
Increase in Pneumonia Cases as an Early Indicator of Severe and Pandemic Influenza Outbreak
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Objective To enable the early detection of pandemic influenza, we have designed a system to differentiate between severe and mild influenza outbreaks. Historic information about previous pandemics suggested the evaluation of two… read more… expected influenza season. Methods Data are collected by ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II), J Urban Health, Vol. 80(2 Suppl 1):i32–42. … -
Hybrid Probabilistic Modeling and Automated Data Fusion for Biosurveillance Applications
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The increased threat of bioterrorism and naturally occurring diseases, such as pandemic influenza, continually forces public health authorities to review methods for evaluating data and reports. The objective of bio-surveillance is to automatically… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system. These data include records of classified … information is potentially available to the user via the ESSENCE interface or sources available via the internet. Our … -
Analytic Methodologies for Disease Surveillance Using Multiple Sources of Evidence
Content Type: Webinar
This presentation is for public health practitioners and methodology developers interested in using statistical methods to combine evidence from multiple data sources for increased sensitivity to disease outbreaks. Methods described will account for… read more… • Twi%er (#ProjectTychoWebinar) • During the Q&A por4on of the webinar, you may also use the … [DHSS ESSENCE] … undocumented, data-‐derived events 70 Schema4c: ESSENCE Fusion Aler4ng Condi6onal Probability …