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  • Evaluation of ESSENCE in the Cloud Using Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In November of 2011 BioSense 2.0 went live to provide tools for public health departments to process, store, and analyze meaningful use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic… read more
    … use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic … tools to analyze the data both using BioSense 2.0 and ESSENCE. The presentation will describe the tools and …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the …
  • Enhancing the BioSense Platform: Findings from an ESSENCE and SAS Pilot Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense was launched in 2003 by CDC with its primary aim to establish an integrated system of nationwide public health surveillance for the early detection and prompt assessment of potential bioterrorism-related syndromes or other public health… read more
    … functionalities and analytical applications, such as ESSENCE and SAS to improve the BioSense Platform. In … before data are transformed; and 3) conduct testing of ESSENCE’s functions to ensure the tool worked as intended, …
  • Impact of the NSSP’s transition to ESSENCE on chief complaint field-based syndromes

    Content Type: Abstract

    In January 2017, the NSSP transitioned their BioSense analytical tools to Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a concatenation of the record's… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a … and diagnostic impression. Following the transition to ESSENCE, the chief complaint field was comprised of the …
  • Maricopa County’s use of NSSP ESSENCE to detect cases during a hepatitis A outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 3/29/2017, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) received three reports of confirmed HAV infection from an onsite clinic at Campus A that assists individuals experiencing homelessness, a population at risk for HAV transmission.… read more
    … initiated rapid HAV infection case detection using NSSP ESSENCE. Objective: To demonstrate the utility of the …
  • Data Sharing Across Jurisdictions Using ESSENCE Federated Queries

    Content Type: Abstract

    There are currently over 25 installations of ESSENCE across the US. Among these, there are 3 instances of multi-jurisdictional implementations. These include a centralized regional system in the National Capital Region for MD, DC, and VA, a Missouri… read more
    … There are currently over 25 installations of ESSENCE across the US. Among these, there are 3 instances of … National Syndrome Surveillance Program (NSSP) version of ESSENCE which will centralize data from many jurisdictions. …
  • ESSENCE Version 2.0: The Department of Defense's Worldwide Syndromic Surveillance System Receives Several Enhancements

    Content Type: Abstract

    ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health System’s (MHS) 9 million beneficiaries resulting in approximately 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released … read more
    … ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health … department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released ESSENCE Version 2.0, a system-wide upgrade which includes … Standard Ambulatory Data Record (A-SADR) extracts into ESSENCE’s data ingest architecture. The A-SADR files provide …
  • Comparing and Contrasting Two ESSENCE Syndrome Definition Query Methods

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP) utilizes the ESSENCE v.1.20 program provided by the National Syndromic Surveillance Program to view and analyze Kansas Emergency Department (ED) data. Methods that allow an ESSENCE user to query both… read more
    … Kansas Syndromic Surveillance Program (KSSP) utilizes the ESSENCE v.1.20 program provided by the National Syndromic … Emergency Department (ED) data. Methods that allow an ESSENCE user to query both the Discharge Diagnosis (DD) and …