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  • CDC Heroin v3

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC HEROIN OVERDOSE V4 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States… read more
    … dope Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected heroin overdose (,^[;/ …
  • Hybrid Probabilistic Modeling and Automated Data Fusion for Biosurveillance Applications

    Content Type: Abstract

    The increased threat of bioterrorism and naturally occurring diseases, such as pandemic influenza, continually forces public health authorities to review methods for evaluating data and reports. The objective of bio-surveillance is to automatically… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system. These data include records of classified … information is potentially available to the user via the ESSENCE interface or sources available via the internet. Our …
  • Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more
    … METHODS Initially, the veterinary epidemiologist used the ESSENCE query feature to search for rabies related patient … chief complaint after it has been processed by the ESSENCE chief complaint parser. (CCP like '%BAT%' and CCP …
  • Lessons Learned from a National Capitol Region Syndromic Surveillance Tabletop Exercise, Spring 2005

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes lessons learned from a regional tabletop exercise (TTX) of the National Capital Region (NCR) Syndromic Surveillance Network, from the perspective of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).
    … potential public health emergencies. Figure 1 – Map of ESSENCE NCR surveillance area. METHODS The NCR TTX simulated … protocol; more extensive training of those who monitor ESSENCE, such as alerting to “unusual” clinical cases; …
  • Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR

    Content Type: Abstract

    Objective We performed a gold-standard manual chart review for gastro-intestinal syndrome to evaluate automated detection models based on both structured and non-structured data extracted from the VA … read more
    … models included “GI” ICD-9 code sets used in the “ESSENCE” and the “BioSense” syndromic surveillance systems. … on the index visit day of fever > 37.8ºC. RESULTS The ESSENCE and BioSense ICD-9 code sets detected 242 GI …
  • Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) 2) Miami-Dade Fire Rescue 911 Call Center 3) Agency … arrests SAS 9.1.3 was utilized for analysis RESULTS ESSENCE In 2006, there were 431 ED visits for substance …
  • What is the Value of a Positive Syndromic Surveillance Signal?

    Content Type: Abstract

    One criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of a surveillance system is the system’s positive predictive value. To our knowledge few studies have described the positive predictive value of syndromic surveillance signals… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE).3 Investigations are initiated for alarm signals … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE II). J Urban Health 2003;80(2 Suppl 1):i32--42. …
  • Experts Collaborate to Develop a Standardized Syndrome Definition for Cold-related Illness

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In winter, people are at risk for cold-related illness (CRI) such as hypothermia. Deaths coded as weather-related from 2006 through 2010 showed exposure to excessive cold as the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.1… read more
    … variation in terms, inclusion and exclusion terms, ESSENCE query syntax, potential applications and … Practice. The CRI definition has been implemented in NSSP–ESSENCE,* and associated documentation will be posted in the … variation in terms, inclusion and exclusion terms, ESSENCE query syntax, potential applications and …