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  • Comparison of Influenza-like Illness Syndrome Classification Between Two Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the BioDefend (BD) syndromic surveillance (SS) system was implemented in Duval County hospitals (Jacksonville, FL). Daily emergency department chief complaints are manually classified and entered into the BD system by… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) began collecting data in the Jacksonville area …
  • Evaluation within the Users of a Syndromic Surveillance System in French Guiana

    Content Type: Abstract

    The syndromic surveillance system “2SE FAG” has been installed within the French Armed Forces in French Guiana (3000 people) in October 2004 [1-2]. During the conception and the deployment of such a system, ergonomic issues were highlighted and… read more
    … of such a system, ergonomic issues were highlighted and training of stakeholders as well [3]. Daily exchanges with … of such a system, ergonomic issues were highlighted and train- ing of stakeholders as well [3]. Daily exchanges with … was useful or very useful for 67% of the people. The training was done in a normal way only for 57% of the …
  • Data Flow: Data Element Requirements

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) conducted a three-part webinar series in 2016 to describe how… read more
    … data were to be ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE application and how BioSense 2.0 data were to be … that defines whether the message is part of a production, training, or debugging system No MSH-11.1 N/A [1.. 1] PT …
  • Improvement in Performance of Ngram Classifiers with Frequent Updates

    Content Type: Abstract

      Syndromic surveillance of emergency department(ED) visit data is often based on computerized classifiers which assign patient chief complaints (CC) tosyndromes. These classifiers may need to be updatedperiodically to account for changes… read more
    … creates a CC classifier automatically based on a training set of patient visits for which both the CC and … We used a lower GI grouping of ICD9 codes created by the ESSENCE-CDC pro- ject. We then used an N-Gram method adapted …
  • Strategies for Improving Grant and Scientific Writing - Part 2

    Content Type: Training

    This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This video is Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here to view Part 1… read more
    … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 … Submitted by elamb on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:11 … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 …
  • BioSense Platform: Introduction to SAS Studio Basics

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented December 4, 2018. The Webinar, Introduction of SAS Studio Basics to the BioSense Platform, will include overviews, summaries, tips, tricks, and examples across a number of SAS topics on the BioSense Platform. Some of these topics will… read more
    … code examples, and how to perform an API call from ESSENCE. Presenters Roseanne English , BS, Analytic Data …
  • Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County

    Content Type: Abstract

    To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities
    … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily … Syndromic surveillance in Miami-Dade County consists of ESSENCE, Public School Absenteeism, 911 call center data as …
  • Strategies for Improving Grant and Scientific Writing - Part 1

    Content Type: Training

    This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This video is Part 1 of a two-part series. Click here to… read more
    … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 … Submitted by elamb on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:07 … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 …