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  • Using ESSENCE to Track a Gastrointestinal Outbreak in a Homeless Shelter in Miami-Dade County, 2008

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert regarding an unusual public health event, combining that information with … read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) provides tools to detect a significant alert … outbreak.   Objective To illustrate how MDCHD utilized ESSENCE in order to track a gastrointestinal outbreak in a …
  • Surveillance for nationally notifiable infectious conditions using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in the VA ESSENCE biosurveillance system

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) obtains electronic data from 153 Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers plus outpatient clinics in all 50 states, American Samoa, Guam,… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) obtains electronic data from 153 Veterans Affairs … predictive value of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes in VA ESSENCE to determine the utility of this system …
  • Improving the Value Proposition of Surveillance Tools: Innovative Uses for VA ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    VA began using ESSENCE as a public health surveillance tool in 2005. The system offered alerting capability for pre-defined syndromes and querying capability for outpatient ICD-9 diagnosis codes. Herein, we highlight examples of how we have invested… read more
    … VA began using ESSENCE as a public health surveillance tool in 2005. The … capabilities and expanded data sources available to ESSENCE in order to augment the overall utility of this …
  • Synthetic cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland utilizes ESSENCE for identification of emerging public health threats, including non-fatal overdoses. Synthetic cannabinoids are heterogeneous psychoactive compounds identified as substances of abuse [1]. In March 2018, the Illinois… read more
    … Maryland utilizes ESSENCE for identification of emerging public health … by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 20:22 … Maryland utilizes ESSENCE for identification of emerging public health … cannabinoid-related ED visit trends in Maryland using ESSENCE, 2013-2018 …
  • Evaluating the application and utility of ESSENCE for early event detection

    Content Type: Abstract

    In spite of the noted benefits of syndromic surveillance, and more than a decade after it started gaining support, the primary use for syndromic surveillance appears to be largely for seasonal and jurisdictional disease monitoring, event response… read more
    … access to the cloud based Biosense platform-along with ESSENCE as a key tool, there is still a paucity of research … Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system in Missouri to identify factors that can …
  • The Evaluation of Triage Notes Using ESSENCE-FL for Active Case Finding of Zika

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health (DOH) utilizes the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) as its statewide syndromic surveillance system. ESSENCE-FL comprises of chief complaint data from… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) as its statewide syndromic surveillance system. ESSENCE-FL comprises of chief complaint data from 231 of 240 …
  • Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC

    Content Type: Abstract

    Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more
    … of these data to inform decision makers. The ESSENCE-FL system is an automated and secure web-based ap- …
  • Validation of Analytic Methods for Combining Evidence Sources in Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Recent years' informatics advances have increased availability of various sources of health-monitoring information to agencies responsible for disease surveillance. These sources differ in clinical relevance and reliability, and range from… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). In 2012 this module was expanded with syndromic … algorithm selection, and hierarchical fusion network training [1]. Subsequent efforts have produced a full … presentation describes advances to formalize the network training, calibrate the component alerting algorithms and …