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  • Improvement of Epidemiology Business Processes through the Evolution of Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    In the last decade, the scope of public health (PH) surveillance has grown, and biosurveillance capacity has expanded in Duval County. In 2004, the Duval County Health Department (DCHD) implemented a standalone syndromic surveillance (SS) system… read more
    … DOH moved to a statewide SS system and implemented ESSENCE which has been expanded to include 1) ED record data … 4) Florida Office of Vital Statistics death records (1). ESSENCE has subsequently become a platform for rapid data … across several data sources (1). As a result, ESSENCE has improved business processes within DCHD well …
  • Rabies Exposure and PEP - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on Rabies Exposure and Rabies PEP S Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge Diagnosis History OR… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on Rabies Exposure and Rabies PEP S Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - … History and Discharge Diagnosis History OR CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of Chief Complaint and Discharge …
  • Improving Syndromic Data Quality through Implementation of Error Capture Module

    Content Type: Abstract

    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance … to capture, extract, and send data. Consequently, ESSENCE receives messages that vary greatly in content and … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic …
  • Injection Drug Use - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture Opioid, Cocaine and Meth Injection Drug Use hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and evaluated on Maricopa County emergency department and inpatient data. Fields used in ESSENCE include… read more
    … hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and evaluated on Maricopa County emergency department and inpatient data. Fields used in ESSENCE include Admit Reason Combo, Cheif Complaint History … emergency department and inpatient data. Fields used in ESSENCE include Admit Reason Combo, Cheif Complaint History …
  • 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 … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily … public health surveillance methods. MDCHD has been using ESSENCE as part of its comprehensive syndromic surveillance …
  • Diagnosis Coding Anomalies Resulting in Hemorrhagic Illness Alerts in Veterans Health Administration Outpatient Clinics

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates over 880 outpatient clinics across the nation. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) utilizes VHA ICD9 coded outpatient visit data for … The hemorrhagic illness (HI) syndrome category in ESSENCE is comprised of 25 different ICD9 codes, including … Group1, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, ESSENCE Group2 OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the …
  • Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the National Capital Region consists of … when observed counts are outside the expected range. ESSENCE alerts users to unusual counts of a particular … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the National …
  • What Can You Really Do with 35,000 Statistical Alerts a Week Anyways?

    Content Type: Abstract

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program's (NSSP) instance of ESSENCE* in the BioSense Platform generates about 35,000 statistical alerts each week. Local ESSENCE instances can generate as many as 5,000 statistical alerts each week. While some… read more
    … Syndromic Surveillance Program's (NSSP) instance of ESSENCE* in the BioSense Platform generates about 35,000 statistical alerts each week. Local ESSENCE instances can generate as many as 5,000 statistical … could be used to rank the statistical output generated in ESSENCE alert lists. Results were shared with Johns Hopkins …