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  • Inpatient Data: A New Frontier in VA Biosurveillance and Public Health Monitoring from the Electronic Health Record

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Affairs (VA) ESSENCE obtains electronic health record data from 152 medical centers plus clinics in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the Philippines. ESSENCE analyzes ICD-9 diagnosis codes and demographic data from outpatient and… read more
    … The Veterans Affairs (VA) ESSENCE obtains electronic health record data from 152 … in all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the Philippines. ESSENCE analyzes ICD-9 diagnosis codes and demographic data … In 2010, a new instance was stood up (VA Inpatient ESSENCE) which receives weekly feeds of inpatient data from …
  • Rough Guide to Set up Data Feed for Poison Center Data in Your State

    Content Type: References

    The Oregon ESSENCE team has developed a guide for other states to use to set up a web service link to their poison center and extract its data into ESSENCE. It contains advice based on Oregon’s experience in developing its link with its poison… read more
    … Description The Oregon ESSENCE team has developed a guide for other states to use … link to their poison center and extract its data into ESSENCE. It contains advice based on Oregon’s experience in … (usually 25) c. Email_Sender – email address of sender d. ESSENCE_DQanalyst – in this case, the email recipient. …
  • Identification and tracking of heat-related illnesses using syndromic surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The summer of 2010 in Maryland was characterized by unusually high temperatures. This type of increased and prolonged heat can potentially make residents sick, and extreme exposure can even kill people at highest risk. Numerous… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) was used to monitor heat-related illnesses … the state.   Objective This paper describes the use of ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance system, to monitor … way in which electronic surveillance, and specifically ESSENCE, can be used to help protect the public’s health. …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more
    … from 55 hospitals. The ISDH analyzes these data using ESSENCE and initiates field investigations when human review … is the first local health department in Indiana using ESSENCE.   Objective This paper describes how local and … is the first local health department in Indiana using ESSENCE. METHODS A full-time ISDH syndromic surveillance …
  • 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 … patients from Florida affected by the hurricane. By using ESSENCE, state health officials could monitor the volume of … of your state. The data are stored in the SQL tables of ESSENCE, which should have ample space already for …
  • Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all … Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) uses ESSENCE daily for the early detection of public health emergencies. DHMH also utilizes ESSENCE for other purposes including situational awareness …
  • Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-like Illness and Antiviral Medication Transactions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure,… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system … Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure, automated process for the transfer of data to the ESSENCE system that is consistent with federal standards for …
  • Heat-related Illness - CSTE Heat Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This definition is based the following document created by the CSTE Heat Workgroup: Heat-related Illness Syndrome Query: A guidance Document for Implementing Heat-related Illness Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice (attached). The query… read more
    … It is also available in the CC and DD category in NSSP ESSENCE. (992 OR (E900 ANDNOT E900.1) OR T67 OR X30 ANDNOT … Document Heat Related Illness_ESSENCE_FINAL.TXT Document … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). These syndrome queries are provided in Appendix 2. …