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Resolving the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome
Content Type: Abstract
To date, most syndromic surveillance systems rely heavily on complicated statistical algorithms to identify aberrations. The assumption is that when the statistics identify something unusual, follow-up should occur. However, with multiple strata… read more -
Structured Information Sharing in Disease Surveillance Systems
Content Type: Abstract
The practice of real-time disease surveillance, sometimes called syndromic surveillance, is widespread at local, state, and national levels. Diseases ignore legal boundaries, so situations frequently arise where it is important… read more -
ESSENCE Training: Sharing Queries
Content Type: Webinar
This presentation will focus on how to share queries in ESSENCE. In addition to teaching the basic mechanics of the application, the presentation will explore advanced techniques for sharing queries in features like myESSENCE, report… read more -
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 -
Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners
Content Type: Abstract
Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more -
Using Cloud Technology to Support Monitoring During High Profile Events
Content Type: Abstract
Hospital emergency departments in Cook and surrounding counties currently send data to the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) instance of ESSENCE on CCDPH servers. The cloud instance of ESSENCE has been enhanced to receive and export… read more -
Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC
Content Type: Abstract
Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more -
Enabling ESSENCE to Process and Export Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data
Content Type: Abstract
Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out meaningful use syndromic surveillance data using the Health Level 7 (HL7) v2.5 standard. This presentation will detail the technical… read more