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  • North Texas School Health Surveillance: First-Year Progress and Next Steps

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    Recognizing the threat of pandemic influenza and new or emerging disease such as SARS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that schools work in partnership with their local health departments “to develop a surveillance… read more
    … County Public Health (TCPH) epidemiologists, who can use ESSENCE1 to analyze the data. The projectís ongoing goal is … Epidemics, developed by the John Hopkins APL, at: http://essence.jhuapl.edu/ESSENCE/. 2. CDC. Prevention and Control …
  • Characterizing Fentanyl-Associated Mortality using the Literal Causes of Death

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    In October 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released health advisory #384 to inform people about increases in fentanyl fatalities. Florida’s statewide syndromic surveillance system, Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), captures electronic death record data in near … of death and detail the factors that led to the death. ESSENCE-FL has the benefit of not only receiving death …
  • Potential Applications of Emerging Technologies in Disease Surveillance

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    With the increase in the amount of public health data along with the growth of public health informatics, it is important for epidemiologists to understand the current trends in technology and the impact they may have in the field. Because it is… read more
    … provided by emerging technologies may guide future training and continuing education for public health … provided by emerging technologies may guide future training and continuing education for public health …
  • Data Sharing Among Three States in the BioSense Platform during the 2017 US Solar Eclipse

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    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 …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance during a South Florida Mass Migration Exercise, Broward County

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    On March 7th and 8th of 2007 authorities from federal, state, county, and municipal jurisdictions/agencies having mass migration response responsibilities (as per the Department of Homeland Security Operation Vigilant Sentry, as well as… read more
    … medical condition.   Objective Describe the use of the ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … Epidemiology Section OBJECTIVE Describe the use of the ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early …
  • Utilizing Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Irma-Related CO Poisonings in Florida

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    On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. Over 90% of Florida counties reported power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel combustion sources (e.g., cooking,… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) to find cases of CO poisoning. ESSENCE-FL provides access to ED data from 98% (255 out of …
  • Evaluation of DoD Syndrome Mapping and Baseline for ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM Transition

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    The Department of Defense conducts syndromic surveillance of health encounter visits of Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. Providers within the MHS assign up to 10 diagnosis codes to each health encounter visit. The diagnosis codes are… read more
    … data within the BioSense system currently utilizes DoD ESSENCE syndrome mappings. The Master Mapping Reference … encoding systems to prepare for the transition. The DoD ESSENCE and MMRT syndrome definitions are presented in this …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to Rapidly Describe the Early Epidemiology of Flakka Use in Florida, June 2014 – August 2015

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    Syndromic surveillance has historically been used to track infectious disease, but in recent years, many jurisdictions have utilized the systems to conduct all hazards surveillance and provide situational awareness with respect to previously… read more
    … understand the epidemiology and context of this problem. ESSENCE-FL is a large syndromic surveillance system, with … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL)   Submitted by Magou on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 14:49 …