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  • ESSENCE Q & A v3.0

    Content Type: Webinar

    Held September 13, 2018. Aaron Kite-Powell, M.S., from CDC and Wayne Loschen, M.S., from JHU-APL were available during this 60-minute session to provide updates on the ESSENCE platform as well as tips and… read more
    … during this 60-minute session to provide updates on the ESSENCE platform as well as tips and tricks to make it more … ESSENCE functions, capabilities and uses. … ESSENCE Q & A v3.0 …
  • ESSENCE Q&A v6.0

    Content Type: Webinar

    The NSSP Community of Practice hosted its 6th ESSENCE Q&A session on Monday, July 20, 2020. During the call, Aaron Kite-Powell (CDC) and Wayne Loschen (JHU-APL) provided NSSP-ESSENCE updates and answered the community'… read more
    … The NSSP Community of Practice hosted its 6th ESSENCE Q&A session on Monday, July 20, 2020.  During the …
  • 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 … data sources available in the U.S. DoD version of ESSENCE. Document …
  • 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, …
  • 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 …
  • Evaluation of ESSENCE in the Cloud Using Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In November of 2011 BioSense 2.0 went live to provide tools for public health departments to process, store, and analyze meaningful use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic… read more
    … use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic … tools to analyze the data both using BioSense 2.0 and ESSENCE. The presentation will describe the tools and …
  • 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. …
  • 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 …