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  • Utility of Data Fusion for Public Health Monitors: Lessons Learned from a Beta Test

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) supports the development of new analytical tools to improve alerting in the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the …
  • Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners

    Content Type: Abstract

    Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more
    … to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, … to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, …
  • Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance for Opioid Overdose Reporting in Illinois

    Content Type: Abstract

    Accuracy in identifying drug-related emergency department admissions is critical to understanding local burden of disease and assessing effectiveness of drug abuse prevention and overdose-reduction initiatives. In 2018 the Illinois Department of… read more
    … system. Objective : To evaluate capacity of the BioSense ESSENCE platform and pre-defined overdose queries to … system. Objective : To evaluate capacity of the BioSense ESSENCE platform and pre-defined overdose queries to …
  • Using Evaluation to Inform the BioSense Platform: Results from a 2018 Survey

    Content Type: Abstract

    Since 2015, CDC’s Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance staff have conducted evaluations to provide information on the utility, functionality, usability and user satisfaction associated with the National Syndromic Surveillance… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a software application that enables syndromic … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a software application that enables syndromic …
  • Tracking suspected heroin overdoses in CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program

    Content Type: Abstract

    Overdose deaths involving opioids (i.e., opioid pain relievers and illicit opioids such as heroin) accounted for at least 63% (N = 33,091) of overdose deaths in 2015. Overdose deaths related to illicit opioids, heroin and illicitly-manufactured… read more
    … System for the Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), allows for tailored syndrome queries and can … System for the Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), allows for tailored syndrome queries and can …
  • Regional Governance of Syndromic Surveillance for the Texas Gulf Coast

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems are large and complex technology projects that increasingly require large investments of financial and political capital to be sustainable. What was once a minor surveillance tool in the mid-2000s has evolved into a… read more
    … (HHD) from being a locally managed and aging system to an ESSENCE system governed by a regional Consortium of public … (HHD) from being a locally managed and aging system to an ESSENCE system governed by a regional Consortium of public …
  • Towards Self Validation: Progress and Roadmap for Automating the Validation of BioSense Partner Facilities

    Content Type: Abstract

    One of the greatest hurdles for BioSense Onboarding is the process of validating data received to ensure it contains Data Elements of Interest (DEOI) needed for syndromic surveillance. Efforts to automate this process are critical to meet existing… read more
    … future initiatives and will apply to both BioSense, Essence and other BioSense program applications. BioSense … future initiatives and will apply to both BioSense, Essence and other BioSense program applications. BioSense …
  • Environmental Surveillance and Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 2 Isolation, Gombe State, Nigeria.

    Content Type: Abstract

    Nigeria is the only country in Africa yet to be certified free of Wild Polio Virus (WPV). The country consists of 36 States and a Federal Capital Territory. Gombe is one of the 19 Polio high risk States in the North-eastern geo-political zone of the… read more
    … were identified and sample collection began soon after training of personnel responsible for collection of the … were identified and sample collection began soon after training of personnel responsible for collection of the …