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  • 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 …
  • Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Homelessness in general is a major issue in the US today. The risk factors of homelessness are myriad, including inadequate income, lack of affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse issues, lack of social support, and nonadherence to… read more
    … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural … documents. This domain knowledge can be used to support training and evaluation of automated methods such as Natural …
  • ICD-10 Transition Overview

    Content Type: Webinar

    The U.S. transition to International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM/PCS) on October 1, 2014 will have significant impact on public health entities. CDC's ICD-10 Transition Workgroup is offering a training session that will… read more
    … entities. CDC's ICD-10 Transition Workgroup is offering a training session that will provide an overview of the … q  CDC Needs Assessment survey (all CDC programs) §  Training Needs supplement survey q  CDC Impact Analysis (4 …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 3 - Legacy Data Conversion and Transition Plan

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE application and how BioSense 2.0 data are being … or reorder data elements) Example: Local Data View §  In ESSENCE, use “ConfiguraDon OpDons” on query results page to …
  • Support Vector Machines for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Early and reliable detection of anomalies is a critical challenge in disease surveillance. Most surveillance systems collect data from multiple data streams but the majority of monitoring is performed at univariate time series… read more
    … The methodology and initial results obtained on ESSENCE data are presented. Document … to the algorithm [2] that requires only positive training examples, in our case - the normal (no outbreak) …
  • Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly … region-specific. Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - …
  • MBDS One Health Digital Disease Surveillance Application

    Content Type: Case Study

    The past decade has seen the rise of many new diseases, and the re-emergence of others which were thought to have been brought under control. This is the combined result of the expansion of global trade and travel, the increases in populations of… read more
    … real time reporting, multidisciplinary research, and training for the control of cross-border transmission of … __x Cross-Agency Communication and Collaboration ___ Training and Resources ___ Technologies and Methodologies …
  • Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data … the Early Notifi- cation of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data …