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  • STL and Local Regression for Modeling Disease Surveillance Counts

    Content Type: Abstract

    Numerous methods have been applied to the problem of modeling temporal properties of disease surveillance data; the ESSENCE system contains a widely used approach (1). STL (2) is a flexible, wellproven method for temporal… read more
    … temporal properties of disease surveillance data; the ESSENCE system contains a widely used approach (1). STL (2) … temporal properties of dis- ease surveillance data; the ESSENCE system contains a widely used approach (1). STL (2) …
  • Public Health Surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 provided a rare opportunity to view a complete solar eclipse on the American mainland. Much of Oregon was in the path of totality and forecasted to have clear skies. Ahead of the event, OPHD aggregated a list… read more
    … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings …
  • Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health

    Content Type: Abstract

    Effective public health response to emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, and bioterrorism requires access to real-time, accurate information on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance… read more
    … on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance system in use by the Department of … syndromes, and whether adding laboratory test data to ESSENCE would improve early detection of disease outbreaks. …
  • Expanding the Functionality of Syndromic Surveillance Systems: Data Mining and Query Development

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Indiana Public Health Emergency Surveillance System (PHESS) currently receives approximately 5,000 near real-time chief complaint messages from 55 hospital emergency departments daily.  The ISDH partners with the Regenstrief Institute to… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) tool is utilized to analyze these chief complaint … and could only be saved using the “bookmark” feature in ESSENCE. An automated and less labor intensive method was …
  • Monitoring and Improving Syndromic Surveillance Data Quality

    Content Type: Abstract

    The public health problem identified by Alabama Department of Public Health Syndromic Surveillance (AlaSyS) was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … was that the data reflected in the user application of ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … health threats. Syndromic surveillance (SyS) data in ESSENCE were not reliable for up to a week after the visit …
  • EpiSentry: simulation-based threat identification, response management and decision support for outbreaks and pandemics

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2009 H1N1 novel flu pandemic demonstrates how a rapidly spreading, contagious illness can affect the world’s population in multiple ways including health, economics, education, transportation, and national security. Pandemic … read more
    … real time surveillance systems such as RODS and ESSENCE have focused on the task of threat … real time surveillance systems such as RODS and ESSENCE have focused on the task of threat detection; …
  • Advanced Querying Features for Disease Surveillance Systems

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    Automated disease surveillance systems that analyze data by syndrome categories have been used to look for outbreaks of disease for about 10 years. Most of these systems notify users of increases in the prevalence of reports in syndrome categories… read more
    … interface will be evaluated in future versions of the ESSENCE and BioSense Systems. Document … project is to evaluate the prototype tool in BioSense and ESSENCE. After the tool has been evaluated and …
  • Comparison of National and Local Syndromic Surveillance Data - Cook County, IL, 2017

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2005, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) began using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as an emergency department (ED)-based local syndromic surveillance program… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as an emergency department (ED)-based local … Surveillance Program (NSSP), which transitioned to an ESSENCE interface in 2016. As of December 2016, 20 (87%) of …