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  • Increasing Local Access to Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the spring of 2005, the ISDH began using Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics  (ESSENCE) application to analyze emergency department (ED) chief complaint data for syndromic surveillance… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics  (ESSENCE) application to analyze emergency department (ED) … and local health departments access to their data through ESSENCE has been desirable since the start of the PHESS … LHD in the state with access to its 14 hospitals through ESSENCE. However, because hospitals and local health …
  • Marketing a Syndromic Surveillance System to Hospital Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented a syndromic surveillance system, Oregon ESSENCE. A critical component to developing and growing this statewide system is… read more
    … implemented a syndromic surveillance system, Oregon ESSENCE. A critical component to developing and growing this … responsible for sending electronic ED data to the Oregon ESSENCE system. Therefore, developing marketing materials … not receive financial incentive to participate in Oregon ESSENCE from CMS until 2014 during stage two of Meaningful …
  • 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. …
  • How to Use RStudio ESSENCE API Guide - Updated Jan. 2023

    Content Type: Report

    This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will begin with a very brief explanation of application programming interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and… read more
    … This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will … interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and finally expose you to basic examples of R code … packages so that you can start using RStudio to access ESSENCE data, create your own R Markdown reports and Shiny …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Training Resources

    Content Type: Training

    The Syndromic Surveillance Training Resources document compiles resources and training that public health practitioners can utilize when… read more
    … Data Dictionary Monthly NSSP Update (Newsletter) NSSP-ESSENCE Resources ESSENCE Online Training Course Tool-Specific ESSENCE Tutorials Building, Using, and Sharing Queries … Data Dictionary Monthly NSSP Update (Newsletter) NSSP-ESSENCE Resources ESSENCE Online Training Course …
  • 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 during the winter of 2007-08. ESSENCE uses an automated data collection, chief complaint … to retrospectively analyze characteristics of the BD and ESSENCE systems.   Objective To compare detection of a …
  • 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 … in the BioSense Platform Archive Processed Table ESSENCE Contains a summary of the data elements available in ESSENCE and maps Archive Processed variable names to ESSENCE …
  • Adapting a syndromic biosurveillance system to monitor veterans’ health impact associated with the gulf coast oil spill

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 20 April 2010, an explosion on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to a prolonged uncontrolled release of crude oil. Both clean-up workers and coastal residents were potentially at high risk for respiratory and other… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). ESSENCE captures specific patient care visit ICD-nine codes … across the United States. We describe the adaptation of ESSENCE to allow surveillance of health conditions … for Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE).1 ESSENCE captures specific patient care visit …