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  • How to Use RStudio ESSENCE API Guide - Updated Jan. 2023

    Content Type: Report

    This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will begin with a very brief explanation of application programming interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and… read more
    … This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will begin with a very brief explanation of …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 2+

    Content Type: Report

    A planning team that included staff from ISDS, ASTHO, and Charlie Ishikawa of Ishikawa Associates, LLC created and implemented the HHS Region 2+ workshop. Charlie led the workshop facilitation and design of workshop artifacts. The workshop… read more
    … (ED) dataset for data sharing during the workshop, the training begins with a collaborative assessment and … sharing. Overall, the workshop evaluations indicated this training model was an effective way to establish and … do this; 5) and, I know about/ can do this well enough to train someone else. The pre-workshop survey was administered …
  • National Syndromic Surveillance Implementation Plan for ESSENCE and SAS - 8/14/15 Draft

    Content Type: Report

    This document is a DRAFT Implementation Plan from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for software development from July 2015 to December 2016.  At the in-person Governance meeting in June 2015, the CDC agreed to provide… read more
    … team in DHIS recommended placing ESSENCE, SAS Tools, and RStudio Professional in the AWS GovCloud environment as the … bookmark, but accomplished the task after consulting the training materials. Novices, however, found the training …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops

    Content Type: Report

    This report summarize the work of eight Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops that were held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Regions 1-7 and 10 from May 2013 through June 2015. The ultimate aim was to reach all ten HHS… read more
    … the workshop.  The Data Sharing Workshops were based on a training and planning event model in which participants … the workshop.  The Data Sharing Workshops were based on a training and planning event model in which participants …
  • Functional Priorities Activity Report

    Content Type: Report

    The purpose of this document is to correlate BioSense activities (inclusive of CDC, BGG, User Community) with community defined functional priorities.
    … "raw" and "binned" data • Work to expose new tools (R Studio Professional and SAS Web Studio) • Work with new … pre and post binned data 9 Improve documentation and training about how data are processed • Develop new website portal • Pursue funding for ESSENCE training materials • Develop other technical assistance …
  • 2018 NSSP CoP Member Satisfaction Assessment Results

    Content Type: Report

    The intent of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) is to support open and dynamic participation of any… read more
    … and I greatly appreciate the tools, networking, and training opportunities it provides.” Recommendations ISDS … support to members, learning about members technical and training needs, and modifying or developing new tools and …
  • Executive Summary of the ISDS DTRA Consultancy Project 2014-2017

    Content Type: Report

    The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) fills the need for a practical forum and coordinating mechanism for collaboration among subject matter experts (SMEs) from stakeholder groups that may normally not interact but who, when… read more
    … analytics. Connecting public health staff with additional training in data analytics will strengthen public health … generated great discussion was the lack of opportunity to train existing health department staff in data analytics and … identified public health practice/tool and to identify training opportunities in data analysis for public health …
  • Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop: HHS Region 4

    Content Type: Report

    A Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshop was held in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 4 on May 12-13, 2015 at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA. This was the seventh workshop in a… read more
    … Overall, the workshop evaluations indicated this training model was an effective way to establish and … (ED) dataset for data sharing during the workshop, the training begins with a collaborative assessment and … do this; 5) and, I know about/ can do this well enough to train someone else. The pre-workshop survey was administered …