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  • A collaboration to enhance detection of disease outbreaks clustered by time of patient arrival

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    One objective of public health surveillance is detecting disease outbreaks by looking for changes in the disease occurrence, so that control measures can be implemented and the spread of disease minimized. For this purpose, the… read more
    … This method is implemented in an operational ESSENCE website module. Conclusion The TOA application resulted from … problem and associated constraints; (b) involvement of all stakeholders for the duration of the project, including …
  • Super Bowl Surveillance: A Practical Exercise in Inter-Jurisdictional Public Health Information Sharing

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    When the Chicago Bears met the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl XLI in Miami in January, 2007, fans from multiple regions visited South Florida for the game. In the past, public health departments have instituted heightened… read more
    … heightened local surveillance during mass gatherings due to concerns about increased risk of disease outbreaks. … For the first time, in 2007, health departments in all three Super Bowl-related regions already practiced daily … heightened local surveillance during mass gatherings due to concerns about increased risk of disease outbreaks. …
  • SAGES Update: Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings

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    The new 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the scope of reportable conditions and are intended to help prevent and respond to global public health… read more
    … Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the … processes, and analyzes non-traditional data sources (i.e. chief complaints from hospital emergency departments, … Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the …
  • A Demonstration of Meaningfully Using the ISDS Recommended Data Elements

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    National Health IT Initiatives are helping to advance the state of automated disease surveillance through incentives to health care facilities to implement electronic medical records and provide data to health departments and use collaborative… read more
    … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • The Evolution of ESSENCE

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    In development for over fourteen years, ESSENCE is a disease surveillance system utilized by public health stakeholders at city, county, state, regional, national, and global levels. The system was developed by a team from the Johns Hopkins… read more
    … sponsors, numerous collaborators, perceptive users and all of the dedicated members of the ESSENCE team. References … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Applications of the ESSENCE Desktop Edition for Outbreak Detection in a Resource-Limited Setting

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    Recent events have focused on the role of emerging and re-emerging diseases not only as a significant public health threat but also as a serious threat to the economy and security of nations. The lead time to detect and contain a novel emerging… read more
    … more than 5 while 9/17 had case counts of 5 or less for all 7 days in the past week. For municipalitieswith at least … For municipalities with case counts of 5 or less for all 7 prior days, no alerts were usually generated (median 0 … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration

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    The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. Epidemiologists at the Office of Public Health (OPH) monitor the VA population at the national level. The system is also intended for facility-level monitoring to cover 152 medical… read more
    … outpatient clinics (CBOC), and other facilities serving all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. … outpatient clinics (CBOC), and other facilities serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Diagnosis Coding Anomalies Resulting in Hemorrhagic Illness Alerts in Veterans Health Administration Outpatient Clinics

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    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates over 880 outpatient clinics across the nation. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes… read more
    … Alerts in.pdf 6 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … speci- fied (NOS), thrombocytopathy, and coagulation de- fect NOS). METHODS A total of 72055 occurrences of outpatient clinic di- agnosis codes falling into the HI category for a three- …