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Sensitivity and Specificity of the Fever Syndromes in BioSense and ESSENCE
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Tennessee obtains emergency department data for syndromic surveillance in standardized HL7… read more… Data are received daily and processed by a Tennessee ESSENCE application and the national BioSense platform. … performance of the fever syndromes used by BioSense and ESSENCE, recorded temperature data was used as the gold … -
Monitoring Out-of-State Patients during a 2017 Hurricane Response using ESSENCE
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance is the monitoring of symptom combinations (i.e., syndromes) or other indicators within a population to inform public health actions. The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) collects emergency department (ED) data from more… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) in the BioSense Platform supported by the National … Agency (TEMA). Objective: To demonstrate the use of ESSENCE in the BioSense Platform to monitor out-of-State … -
Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee
Content Type: Success Stories
In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more… Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, known as ESSENCE, to monitor out-of-state patients seeking emergency … (Not-so Frequently Asked) Questions Q: Is there a data dictionary? A: Yes! Check out the .pdf … -
Data Sharing Among Three States in the BioSense Platform during the 2017 US Solar Eclipse
Content Type: Abstract
In 2016, the BioSense Platform for national syndromic surveillance made substantial enhancements including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse data sharing needs. On August 21, 2017, a total… read more… including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse … cross-jurisdictional data sharing practices using ESSENCE and facilitated by the BioSense Platform for a …