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  • Approach to Onboarding Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Into a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has become an integral component of public health surveillance efforts within the state of Florida. The near real-time nature of these data are critical during events such as the Zika virus outbreak in Florida in 2016 and in… read more
    … typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from non-traditional sources: … in order to address public health needs. Currently, the ESSENCE-FL team is actively working to incorporate EMS data into ESSENCE-FL to further increase public health surveillance …
  • Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Content Type: Abstract

    CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The ED chief complaints of CO poisoning in ESSENCE contain keywords such as 'carbon' or 'monoxide'. The … tool as cases of CO poisoning were identified in ESSENCE that were not identified in the passive surveillance …
  • Assessing Best Practices for Grouping and Analyzing Urgent Care Center (UCC) and Emergency Department (ED) Data Sources within Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) electronically receives both urgent care center (UCC) data and hospital emergency department (ED) data from health care facilities in 43 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL). Each submitted record is assigned to one of eleven ESSENCE Syndrome categories based on parsing of chief … out on the validity of grouping data from UCCS and EDs in ESSENCE-FL. This project will investigate and describe the …
  • Utility of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Identify Disease Outbreaks with Reportable Disease Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In light of recent communicable disease outbreaks, the ability of Florida Department of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using reportable disease data and algorithms originally… read more
    … of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using … and the de-identified case data are sent hourly to ESSENCE-FL. These data are then available for ad hoc … is an association between known outbreak activity and ESSENCE generated alerts.  3 views Submitted by elamb on …
  • Homeless Population - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge diagnosis fields. The Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits.
    … using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge … using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge …
  • Utilizing Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Irma-Related CO Poisonings in Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. Over 90% of Florida counties reported power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel combustion sources (e.g., cooking,… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) to find cases of CO poisoning. ESSENCE-FL provides access to ED data from 98% (255 out of … FPICN call data (includes three poison control centers). ESSENCE-FL provides near real-time access to these data …
  • 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 … efforts have produced a full fusion-enabled version of ESSENCE for beta testing, further upgrades, and a software … BN, and implement a validation strategy aimed at both the ESSENCE public health user and machine learning communities. …
  • Influenza laboratory testing and its application in timely Department of Defense biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Timely influenza data can help public health decision-makers identify influenza outbreaks and respond with preventative measures. DoD ESSENCE has the unique advantage of ingesting multiple data sources from the Military Health System (MHS),… read more
    … outbreaks and respond with preventative measures. DoD ESSENCE has the unique advantage of ingesting multiple data … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) 7 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 06/18/2019 - … outbreaks and respond with preventative measures. DoD ESSENCE has the unique advantage of ingesting multiple data …