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  • Emergency Department Chief Complaint Versus Discharge Diagnosis for Tracking Disease Measures

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    ESSENCE is a web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH to detect and track outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, public health emergencies, and biological threats. ESSENCE ED chief complaint data is collected daily from 47… read more
    … text field that lists the patient’s reason for the ED visit upon arrival at the hospital. Chief complaint data may … include a single reason or multiple reasons for the ED visit. Medical history may be included in chief complaint … text field that lists the patient’s reason for the ED visit upon arrival at the hospital. Chief complaint data may …
  • Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-like Illness and Antiviral Medication Transactions

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    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure,… read more
    … medication transactions and emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and the relationship … Trends in emergency department visits for influenza-like illness and antiviral medication … medication transactions and emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and the relationship …
  • Monitoring and auditing the transfer of syndromic surveillance data to ensure data completeness

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    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by DHMH. ESSENCE utilizes a secure, automated process for the transfer of data to the… read more
    … recorded in the data tracking application. An automated e-mail is generated that details which data sources are absent. This e-mail is sent to the OIT employees involved in the ESSENCE … Keywords Data; transfer; audit; ESSENCE *Zachary Faigen E-mail: zfaigen@dhmh.state.md.us (page number not for citation …