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  • Biosurveillance applications for resource-limited settings: open ESSENCE and ESSENCE desktop edition

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    More than a decade ago, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) developed the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … Notification of Community-based Epidemics (Enterprise ESSENCE), which is currently used by federal, state and … the experience gained in the development of Enterprise ESSENCE, JHU/APL has developed two freely available … suitable for use in resource-limited areas: Open ESSENCE (OE) and ESSENCE Desktop Edition (EDE).   Objective …
  • The Evolution of ESSENCE

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    In development for over fourteen years, ESSENCE is a disease surveillance system utilized by public health stakeholders at city, county, state, regional, national, and global levels. The system was developed by a team from the Johns Hopkins… read more
    … In development for over fourteen years, ESSENCE is a disease surveillance system utilized by public … Surveillance System for Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE)(1). Additionally, it will discuss the current functionality and capabilities of ESSENCE and the future goals and planned enhancements of the …
  • Maryland ESSENCE expansion to incorporate prescription medication data

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    Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, and public health emergencies. ESSENCE incorporates traditional and nontraditional health… read more
    … Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease … patterns of illness, and public health emergencies. ESSENCE incorporates traditional and nontraditional health … the state were sending emergency department (ED) data to ESSENCE. DHMH began planning several years ago to increase …
  • ESSENCE Features for 2019

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    The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance system. Installed in over 25 jurisdictions across the US, the system is built on a single codebase that is shared across all instances. While each individual location can customize many… read more
    … The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance … discuss the new features that are under development for ESSENCE in 2019. This is a chance to describe the features, … The ESSENCE system is a community-driven disease surveillance … discuss the new features that are under development for ESSENCE in 2019. This is a chance to describe the features, …
  • HAIISS Data Warehouse (HDW)FA new data access architecture for ESSENCE in the VA

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    The data elements required for the proper functionality of VA’s ESSENCE system are all currently available within VA’s 128 VistA systems. These data are made available to VA’s ESSENCE system via a series of complicated MUMPS extraction routines,… read more
    … elements required for the proper functionality of VA’s ESSENCE system are all currently available within VA’s 128 VistA systems. These data are made available to VA’s ESSENCE system via a series of complicated MUMPS extraction … infrastructure, a new data architecture supporting ESSENCE’s surveillance capabilities is becoming possible. …
  • Integrating Poison Center Data into Oregon ESSENCE using a Low-Cost Solution

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    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2012. Oregon ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2012. Oregon ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance … of these data sources.  Objective To enhance Oregon ESSENCE’s surveillance capabilities by incorporating data … of these data sources.  Objective To enhance Oregon ESSENCE’s surveillance capabilities by incorporating data …
  • Dual Monitoring of ILI Syndrome Using the ESSENCE System

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    The threat of terrorism and high-profile disease outbreaks has drawn attention to public health syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of natural or man-made disease events. In this sense, the Miami-Dade County Health… read more
    … Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … Illness (ILI) syndrome in Miami-Dade County using the ESSENCE syndromic surveillance system, and their potential … Document Dual_Monitoring_Of_Ili_Syndrome_Using_The_Essence_System.pdf Submitted by elamb on Mon, 07/30/2018 - …
  • 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 … This project used a Bayes Network approach to create an ESSENCE module for analytic integration, combining medical …