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  • 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 Complaint (CC). Intake personnel ask patients why they have come to the … type of data not previously available is the reason for visit (ROV), a free- text field analogous to the CC. Intake …
  • 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 … and others. CAPER records include a free-text Reason for Visit field, analogous to chief complaint text in civilian …
  • 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 … 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide [1]. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE … and radiology records from the Composite Health Care Systems (CHCS) and include data elements that capture …
  • 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
    … and Department of Veterans Affairs ambulatory clinic care data. Clinical diagnoses and procedures are quantified, … but critical component to determine the likely site of exposure for disease surveillance. This paper … and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ambulatory clinic care data. Clinical diagnoses and procedures are quantified, …
  • 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.
    … the utility of body temperature readings from primary care consults for SARS surveillance in an army medical …