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  • Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all … Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) uses ESSENCE daily for the early detection of public health emergencies. DHMH also utilizes ESSENCE for other purposes including situational awareness …
  • 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 … interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and finally expose you to basic examples of R code …
  • Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-like Illness and Antiviral Medication Transactions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure,… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system … Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure, automated process for the transfer of data to the ESSENCE system that is consistent with federal standards for …
  • Heat-related Illness - CSTE Heat Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This definition is based the following document created by the CSTE Heat Workgroup: Heat-related Illness Syndrome Query: A guidance Document for Implementing Heat-related Illness Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice (attached). The query… read more
    … It is also available in the CC and DD category in NSSP ESSENCE. (992 OR (E900 ANDNOT E900.1) OR T67 OR X30 ANDNOT … Document Heat Related Illness_ESSENCE_FINAL.TXT Document … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). These syndrome queries are provided in Appendix 2. …
  • 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 … 8 4/20/2 008 5/4/200 8 5/18/2 008 Sentinel provider ILI ESSENCE ILI BioDefend ILI Comparison of Influenza-like …
  • 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 …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … The Oregon syndromic surveillance project, or Oregon ESSENCE, began accepting MUcompliant HL7 2.5.1 data in late … interest in submitting syndromic data increased, Oregon ESSENCE streamlined the onboarding process by creating … The Oregon syndromic surveillance project, or Oregon ESSENCE, began accepting MUcompliant HL7 2.5.1 data in late …
  • 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 …