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  • 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
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system affords routine access to multiple sources … Other CAPER data fields are related to case severity. DoD ESSENCE treats the multiple, recently available data sources … data sources available in the U.S. DoD version of ESSENCE. Document …
  • 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
    … will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the … Tuning_A_Chief_Complaint_Text_Parser_For_Use_In_Dod_Essence.pdf Submitted by elamb on Thu, 05/02/2019 - 08:52 … will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the …
  • 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
    … ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health … department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE Version 2.0, a system-wide upgrade which includes …   Objective As an evolving syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE has recently undergone some significant improvements …
  • 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.
    … For each of ten codes used to profile the ILI syndrome in ESSENCE (the Department of Defense’s syndromic surveillance …