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  • Camera-based, mobile disease surveillance using Convolutional Neural Networks

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    Infectious diseases present with multifarious factors requiring several efforts to detect, prevent, and break the chain of transmission. Recently, machine learning has shown to be promising for automated surveillance leading to rapid and early… read more
    … (ML) model and ii) collect image data to increase training data available for ML models. The initial prototype … (ML) model and ii) collect image data to increase training data available for ML models. The initial prototype …
  • Coverage and Timeliness of Combined Military and Veteran Surveillance Systems

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    An objective of the Joint VA/DoD BioSurveillance System for Emerging Biological Threats project is to improve situational awareness of the health of combined VA and DoD populations. DoD and VA both use versions of the Electronic Surveillance System… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). With a retrospective outpatient data collection … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). With a retrospective outpatient data collection …
  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response

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    In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more
    … various systems were used in Florida, including ESSENCE, STARS, EARS and BioDefend. Objective The objective … for the Early Notifi cation of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II). J Urban Health. 2004;80:I32–I42. 3. Lombardo …
  • Using a real time syndromic surveillance system to track heat related illnesses during a heat wave

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), which serves a county population over 890,000, began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … began using a real time syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … written plan indicated, a MCPHD epidemiologist checked ESSENCE every 3 hours and sent updated numbers to the …
  • Establishing a Federal and State Data Exchange Pilot for Public Health Situational Awareness

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    ASPR deploys clinical assets, including an EMR system, to the ground per state requests during planned and no-notice events. The analysis of patient data collected by deployed federal personnel is an integral part of ASPR and FDOH’s surveillance… read more
    … at the federal, state, and local levels. FDOH operates ESSENCE-FL, a multi-tiered, automated, and secure web-based … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) system during the 2012 Republican National …
  • Monitoring Respiratory Syncytial Virus Regionally In Children Aged < 5 Years Old Using Emergency Department and Urgent Care Center Chief Complaint Data in Florida’s Syndromic Surveillance System, Week 1, 2010 - Week 32, 2014

    Content Type: Abstract

    National studies estimate that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for one in 38 emergency department (ED) visits for children < 5 years old. The Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists position statement (13-ID-07): “RSV-… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics [ESSENCE-FL]) was capable of monitoring Florida’s statewide … RSV seasonality. This analysis aims to determine if ESSENCE-FL can also be used to describe RSV and …
  • Demographic Health Analysis by Incorporation of Census Data with Patient Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic disease surveillance canonically represents analysis performed on health records with respect to their syndromes, complaints, lab data, etc. This data can tell the story of a patient’s current status but does not provide a holistic look… read more
    … demographic data. Based upon these correlations, the ESSENCE system will be enhanced with new query filtering … demographic data. Based upon these correlations, the ESSENCE system will be enhanced with new query filtering …
  • Preliminary Look into the ICD9/10 Transition Impact on Public Health Surveillance

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    On October 1, 2015, the number of ICD codes will expand from 14,000 in version 9 to 68,000 in version 10. The new code set will increase the specificity of reporting, allowing more information to be conveyed in a single code. It is anticipated that… read more
    … the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which codes are most appropriate for … the new code set, 2) Lack of ICD-10 expertise and training to identify which codes are most appropriate for …