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  • Use of Informatics for Understanding Disease Activity in Community

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    Centre for Health Protection (CHP) plans to conduct a pilot project in developing a syndromic surveillance system using data from Emergency Departments (ED) in Hong Kong. This is part of the Communicable Disease Information System initiative, which… read more
    … are re- grouped into 10 syndrome groups according to the ESSENCE (1) for subsequent calculation of syn- drome … http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceActivities/ESSENCE/ESSENCE.asp …
  • Catchment Area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Room - Implications for Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County

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    This research aims to determine the catchment area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Department (ED). The purpose is to identify pediatric populations and territories within Miami-Dade County that are insufficiently covered by this hospital's… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to conduct syndromic surveillance [1]. Patients’ … these areas visit other EDs currently feeding data into ESSENCE. Was the answer negative, they should be prioritized …
  • Spatio-Temporal Visualizations as Interface: Constructing Geographic Animations of Disease Surveillance Data in a Syndromic Surveillance System

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    As the Georgia Division of Public Health began constructing a systems interface for its syndromic surveillance program, the nature and intended use of these data inspired new approaches to interface design. With the temporal and spatial components… read more
    … awareness system. MMWR 2005;54(suppl):11-19. [4] DoD, ESSENCE: Electronic surveillance system for the early …
  • Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community- based Epidemics (ESSENCE) of Florida. Historically, evaluations of SS systems … were able to be matched to the corresponding ED visits in ESSENCE. In addition, 13 cases reported two ED visits and 1 …
  • Exercise Demonstrates Effective Syndromic Surveillance Response Process

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    Currently, Indiana monitors emergency department patient chief complaint data from 73 geographically dispersed hospitals. These data are analyzed using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) application. While researchers continue to improve … a highly functional analytic data user interface such as ESSENCE, and 2) an intimate familiarity with local daily ED …
  • Socio-Demographic and Temporal Patterns of Emergency Department Patients Who Do Not Reside in Miami-Dade County, 2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    Visitors from areas outside Miami-Dade County have the potential to introduce diseases and/or strains of microorganisms circulating in their regions of residence. Immunocompromised and immunonaive travelers are at higher risk of… read more
    … the 14 hospitals of Miami-Dade County that fed data into ESSENCE during 2007 were included in the analysis. The … just four of the fourteen hospitals that feed data into ESSENCE, as they account for two thirds of these visitors. …
  • Kansas Uses Syndromic Surveillance Data to Educate the Public and Providers about Rabies

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Rabies is caused by a virus spread to people from the saliva and neural tissue of infected animals. The most common mode of transmission is through the bite of a rabid animal; however, rabies can be transmitted through non-bite exposures (e.g.,… read more
    … IG is administered only at the ED in Douglas County, the ESSENCE** system, which pulls chief complaint and diagnosis … education, or other campaigns. By using rabies queries in ESSENCE, LDCHD found more persons receiving rabies PEP than …
  • Increase in Pneumonia Cases as an Early Indicator of Severe and Pandemic Influenza Outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    Objective To enable the early detection of pandemic influenza, we have designed a system to differentiate between severe and mild influenza outbreaks. Historic information about previous pandemics suggested the evaluation of two… read more
    … expected influenza season. Methods Data are collected by ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE II), J Urban Health, Vol. 80(2 Suppl 1):i32–42. …