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  • Alabama Department of Public Health–Syndromic Surveillance Monitoring and Improving Data Quality

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Data latency limited the Alabama Department of Public Health’s (ADPH) ability torecognize and respond quickly to public health threats. Despite ADPH’s request that 95% of syndromic surveillance (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24… read more
    … 95% of syndromic surveillance (SyS) data be submitted to ESSENCE* within 24 hours of a visit, some facilities were … data’s usefulness for surveillance that, in turn, negated ESSENCE’s ability tofunction as a daily alert. Data could be …
  • Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more
    … Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, known as ESSENCE, to monitor out-of-state patients seeking emergency … (Not-so Frequently Asked) Questions Q: Is there a data dictionary? A: Yes! Check out the .pdf …
  • Two Unique Syndromic Surveillance Systems: State and Federal Collaboration to Identify Spike in “Visits of Interest”

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) uses Health Monitoring Systems’ EpiCenter to collect, manage, and analyze real-time emergency department (ED) data acquired from acute care hospitals and satellite EDs. NJDOH integrates these data into a… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). ESSENCE is an application housed on the NSSP … closed. To identify the origin of the spike detected by ESSENCE, the NJDOH staff searched local news reports for …
  • Surveillance of Heat-Related Illness Among Pinal County Residents in Arizona

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Extreme heat events caused by high environmental temperatures are considered a major cause of weather-related deaths and injury in the United States. These events can result in a spectrum of conditions known as heat-related illnesses (HRIs), which… read more
    … using a combination of hospital discharge data (HDD), the ESSENCE syndromic surveillance tool within the BioSense … incidents among Pinal County residents. Data from HDD, ESSENCE, and the interviews analyzed in 2017 helped support … information obtained from hospital discharge data and ESSENCE. Combining hospital discharge data, syndromic …
  • How Oregon Tested its Mass Gathering Protocol and Mobilized Communities

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Mass gatherings (e.g., concerts, festivals, sporting events, political rallies, and religious gatherings) pose unique challenges to public health officials. Risks associated with large events can vary and are influenced by factors such as crowd… read more
    … and plan interventions. The guide provided reminders on ESSENCE functionality (e.g., develop queries, set up and … Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics, known as ESSENCE. All 60 eligible hospitals send ED data every day … than 3,000 persons.” 2 Oregon Health Authority. Oregon Essence: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance …
  • Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more
    … the extent of agriculture injuries, KDHE opted to use ESSENCE. The ESSENCE syndromic surveillance (SyS) software … collects prediagnostic data almost in real time. With ESSENCE, once a query has been written, sharing it is easy. …
  • Kansas Uses Syndromic Surveillance Data to Educate the Public and Providers about Rabies

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Rabies is caused by a virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. The most common mode of transmission is through the bite of a rabid animal; however, rabies can be transmitted through non-bite exposures (e.g.,… read more
    … IG is administered only at the ED in Douglas County, the ESSENCE** system, which pulls chief complaint and diagnosis … education, or other campaigns. By using rabies queries in ESSENCE, LDCHD found more persons receiving rabies PEP than …
  • Using Online Applications with R to Share Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Since 2009, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has created and disseminated weekly surveillance reports to share seasonal influenza data with the community and our healthcare partners. Surveillance data is formatted into tables and… read more
    … 1. Data extracted from syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE; 45 hospital emergency departments (EDs) participate in ESSENCE. Influenza-like-illness (ILI) defined as a symptom …