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  • Lessons Learned from a DoD and Virginia Data Sharing Pilot using NSSP ESSENCE

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    The DoD and VDH both maintain local ESSENCE installations to monitor the health status of their military and civilian populations, respectively, and submit syndromic surveillance data to the NSSP ESSENCE to foster data sharing and collaborative… read more
    … The DoD and VDH both maintain local ESSENCE installations to monitor the health status of their … implementation of data sharing with a focus on personnel, training, and managing access and 3) communication between …
  • Modeling the risk of heat illness among basic training populations within the DoD, 2010–2017

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    Although effective preventive measures for heat-related illness have been recommended and mandated for military personnel, there continues to be incident cases. In 2016, there were 401 incident cases of heat stroke and 2,135 incident cases of “… read more
    … of developing exertional heat illness (EHI) among basic training populations in the Department of Defense. Submitted … of developing exertional heat illness (EHI) among basic training populations in the Department of Defense. … Modeling the risk of heat illness among basic training populations within the DoD, 2010–2017 …
  • Evaluation of DoD Syndrome Mapping and Baseline for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM Transition

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    The Department of Defense conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. Providers within the MHS assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are… read more
    … data within the BioSense system currently utilizes DoD ESSENCE syndrome mappings. The Master Mapping Reference … encoding systems to prepare for the transition. The DoD ESSENCE and MMRT syndrome definitions are presented in this …
  • Influenza laboratory testing and its application in timely Department of Defense biosurveillance

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    Timely influenza data can help public health decision-makers identify influenza outbreaks and respond with preventative measures. DoD ESSENCE has the unique advantage of ingesting multiple data sources from the Military Health System (MHS),… read more
    … outbreaks and respond with preventative measures. DoD ESSENCE has the unique advantage of ingesting multiple data … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … …