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Oregon ESSENCE: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance
Content Type: Report
Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient symptoms using… read more… health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for … (what the patient says is the reason for their visit) and discharge diagnosis codes. Visit information is … health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for … -
Oregon ESSENCE HL7 Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data
Content Type: State Specific Implementation Guide
Version 1.6 The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) compiled this guide for hospitals with emergency departments to aid in the submission of syndromic surveillance data to the Oregon Public Health Division’s syndromic surveillance project (Oregon… read more… project (Oregon ESSENCE). (We also accept urgent care data from these facilities.) The information in this … Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department and Urgent Care Data Release 1.9 (April 2013). Not all the information … project (Oregon ESSENCE). (We also accept urgent care data from these facilities.) The information in this … -
How Oregon Tested its Mass Gathering Protocol and Mobilized Communities
Content Type: Success Stories
Mass gatherings (e.g., concerts, festivals, sporting events, political rallies, and religious gatherings) pose unique challenges to public health officials. Risks associated with large events can vary and are influenced by factors such as crowd… read more… local public health departments to collect data for visits related to the influx of visitors expected to attend … into four categories: health system capacity (total visits, percent visits by age group, medication refills), … patient visits to emergency departments (EDs) and urgent care centers, the Oregon Health Authority uses the … -
Oregon Short Surveillance Report Template
Content Type: Form
This one-page report template is provided by the Oregon Public Health Division Health Intelligence Branch and will adapted for statewide surveillance of the 2017 Solar Eclipse. read more… Intelligence Branch. More than 40 different categories of visits or calls are being reviewed daily with highlights … DAILY SUMMARY Increasing trends EXERCISE EXERCISE ED visits and calls to the Poison Center for [XX] are above …