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  • ESSENCE Version 2.0: The Department of Defense's Worldwide Syndromic Surveillance System Receives Several Enhancements

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    ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health System’s (MHS) 9 million beneficiaries resulting in approximately 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released … read more
    … 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE Version 2.0, a system-wide … laboratory results, disposition codes, reason for visit/chief complaints, vital sign data, and additional …
  • Analytic Fusion of ESSENCE Clinical Evidence Sources for Routine Decision Support

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    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
    … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

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    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text field analogous to the Chief … CC Yes CC No Ratio CC only to ICD only ILI before ICD Y 194,957 1,382,852 0.6 ICD N 762,842 38,904,014 ILI after … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Geographic Categorization Methods Used in BioSense

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    BioSense is a CDC initiative to promote situational awareness through summarizing, analyzing, and presenting health related event information. Among the data sources collected and analyzed through the BioSense application are the Department of… read more
    … of DoD data based on the zip code of the health facility visited and the VA data based on the patient residence zip … facility based on the alternate stan- dard deviation. Visits with a mileage less than or equal to the maximum …
  • Evaluation of Body Temperature to Classify Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) in a Syndromic Surveillance System

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    This study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of body temperature measurements > 100.5 žF in relationship to laboratory confirmation of influenza and other ILI pathogens.
    … only identifies individual aspects of the case definition may add excessive levels of unwanted noise to the system; … the use of ICD-9 codes and body temperature > 100.5o F may improve this yield. REFERENCES [1] Centers for Disease …