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  • ESSENCE Training: Building Queries

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation will focus on how to build ad-hoc queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of building queries, the presentation will explore advanced techniques for building complex queries to find specific case… read more
    … presentation will focus on how to build ad-hoc queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of … Johns Hopkins University.  He is the technical lead for ESSENCE. … presentation will focus on how to build ad-hoc queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of …
  • ESSENCE Training: Using Queries

    Content Type: Webinar

    This presentation will focus on how to use queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of the application, the presentation will explore advanced techniques for utilizing queries in features like myESSENCE, advanced… read more
    … This presentation will focus on how to use queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of the … Johns Hopkins University.  He is the technical lead for ESSENCE. … This presentation will focus on how to use queries in ESSENCE.  In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of the …
  • ESSENCE Features for 2019

    Content Type: Abstract

    The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance system. Installed in over 25 jurisdictions across the US, the system is built on a single codebase that is shared across all instances. While each individual location can customize many… read more
    … The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance … discuss the new features that are under development for ESSENCE in 2019. This is a chance to describe the features, … The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance … discuss the new features that are under development for ESSENCE in 2019. This is a chance to describe the features, …
  • Analytic Fusion of ESSENCE Clinical Evidence Sources for Routine Decision Support

    Content Type: Abstract

    Block 3 of the US Military Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system affords routine access to multiple sources of data. These include administrative clinical encounter records in the… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system affords routine access to multiple sources … Other CAPER data fields are related to case severity. DoD ESSENCE treats the multiple, recently available data sources … This project used a Bayes Network approach to create an ESSENCE module for analytic integration, combining medical …
  • Data Sharing Across Jurisdictions Using ESSENCE Federated Queries

    Content Type: Abstract

    There are currently over 25 installations of ESSENCE across the US. Among these, there are 3 instances of multi-jurisdictional implementations. These include a centralized regional system in the National Capital Region for MD, DC, and VA, a Missouri… read more
    … There are currently over 25 installations of ESSENCE across the US. Among these, there are 3 instances of … National Syndrome Surveillance Program (NSSP) version of ESSENCE which will centralize data from many jurisdictions. … is to describe the new federated query capability in ESSENCE and describe how this could affect public health …
  • Use of ESSENCE APIs to Support Flexible Analysis and Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    The ESSENCE application supports users' interactive analysis of data by clicking through menus in a user interface (UI), and provides multiple types of user defined data visualization options, including various charts and graphs, tables of… read more
    … The ESSENCE application supports users' interactive analysis of … requirements. Rapidly accessing data processed through ESSENCE using existing access control mechanisms, but … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) application programming interface (API) as a part …
  • Integrating R into ESSENCE to Enable Custom Data Analysis and Visualization

    Content Type: Abstract

    The use of R is increasing in the public health disease surveillance community. The ISDS pre-conference workshops and newly formed R Group for Surveillance have been well attended and continue to grow in popularity. The use of R in the National… read more
    … This interest in R, combined with a desire from many ESSENCE users to create custom analytics and visualizations, … into the feasibility and ways R could be integrated into ESSENCE. Objective The objective of this project is to give … users the ability to run custom R scripts from within the ESSENCE system. This capability would allow for custom …
  • Jurisdictional Usage of the New ESSENCE Word Alert Feature

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems have historically focused on aggregating data into syndromes for analysis and visualization. These syndromes provide users a way to quickly filter large amounts of data into a manageable number of streams to analyze.… read more
    … a manageable number of streams to analyze. Additionally, ESSENCE users have the ability to build their own case … these predefined and user- defined syndromic categories, ESSENCE did not previously provide alerts based on … is to describe the new word alert capability in ESSENCE and how it has been used by the Florida Department …