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  • Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to determine if existing chief complaint and ICD-9 codes for detecting gastrointestinal syndrome correctly identify similar patterns of illness when applied to the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE IV). 5 views Submitted by elamb on Mon, 07/30/2018 - … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE IV). … Diagnoses for Identifying Gastrointestinal Syndrome Using ESSENCE
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    Syndromic surveillance offers the potential for earlier detection of bioterrorism, outbreaks, and other public health emergencies than traditional disease surveillance. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) Office of… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Since its inception, ESSENCE has been a vital tool for DHMH, providing continuous … an epidemic. Therefore, having school absenteeism data in ESSENCE would provide the opportunity to monitor schools …
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    Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out meaningful use syndromic surveillance data using the Health Level 7 (HL7) v2.5 standard. This presentation will detail the technical… read more
    … Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out … Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out … Enabling ESSENCE to Process and Export Meaningful Use Syndromic …
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    The 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials were held July 1-10 in Eugene, OR. This mass gathering included over 1,000 athletes, 1,500 volunteers, and 175,000 spectators. The Oregon Public Health Division (PHD) and Lane County Public Health (… read more
    … Mass Gathering Surveillance: New ESSENCE Report and Collaboration Win Gold in OR …
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    Understanding your data is a fundamental pillar of disease surveillance success. With the increase in automated, electronic surveillance tools many public health users have begun to rely on those tools to produce reports that contain processed… read more
    … Quality Indicators and Visualizations using Florida's ESSENCE System …
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    Telephone triage is a relatively new data source available to biosurveillance systems.1-2Because early detection and warning is a high priority, many biosurveillance systems have begun to collect and analyze data from non-traditional sources [… read more
    … Surveillance using Telephone Triage Data in the VA ESSENCE Biosurveillance System …
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    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance … to capture, extract, and send data. Consequently, ESSENCE receives messages that vary greatly in content and … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created?
      • Track food poisoning and potential disease outbreaks due to infected food 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)
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    … to infected food  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.) ESSENCE  Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., … to infected food  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.) ESSENCE  Data sources the …