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  • Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly … region-specific. Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - … History, Discharge Diagnosis History OR CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of Chief Complaint and Discharge …
  • Operational Considerations and Early Successes with a Statewide Public Health Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2004, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) partnered with the Regenstrief Institute to begin collecting syndromic data from 14 ED’s to monitor bioterrorism-related events and other public health emergencies. Today, Indiana’s public… read more
    … from 55 hospitals. The ISDH analyzes these data using ESSENCE and initiates field investigations when human review … is the first local health department in Indiana using ESSENCE.   Objective This paper describes how local and … from 55 hospitals. The ISDH analyzes these data using ESSENCE and initiates field investigations when human review …
  • Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data … the Early Notifi- cation of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data … clustering. RESULTS On a weekend day in March 2006, ESSENCE identi- fied a neurological syndrome anomaly for the …
  • Identification and tracking of heat-related illnesses using syndromic surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The summer of 2010 in Maryland was characterized by unusually high temperatures. This type of increased and prolonged heat can potentially make residents sick, and extreme exposure can even kill people at highest risk. Numerous… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) was used to monitor heat-related illnesses … the state.   Objective This paper describes the use of ESSENCE, a syndromic surveillance system, to monitor … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) was used to monitor heat-related illnesses …
  • Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more
    … Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, known as ESSENCE, to monitor out-of-state patients seeking emergency healthcare in Tennessee. ESSENCE captures data from emergency departments (EDs) in … or response. During Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, TDH used ESSENCE* to support all-hazards situational awareness. TDH …
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 3 - Legacy Data Conversion and Transition Plan

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more
    … how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE application and how BioSense 2.0 data are being … BioSense Platform.  We will also provide a recap of the ESSENCE settings and Administration Tool functionality that … §  IntroducDons §  BioSense PlaGorm Update §  Recap: ESSENCE SeLngs §  Legacy Data Conversion §  Recap: Access & …
  • Technical (Tech) Subcommittee Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2020
    • January 2020 (Topic: Conversion of ESSENCE Chief Complaint Parser to SQL; Use of MyESSENCE Library) - Recording,…
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    … Description 2020 January 2020 (Topic: Conversion of ESSENCE Chief Complaint Parser to SQL; Use of MyESSENCE … - Recording , Slides , Agenda 2019 October 2019 (Topic: ESSENCE Facility Status Filter Proposal; CCD Category … - 12:00 32 views 2020 January 2020 (Topic: Conversion of ESSENCE Chief Complaint Parser to SQL; Use of MyESSENCE …
  • A collaboration to enhance detection of disease outbreaks clustered by time of patient arrival

    Content Type: Abstract

    One objective of public health surveillance is detecting disease outbreaks by looking for changes in the disease occurrence, so that control measures can be implemented and the spread of disease minimized. For this purpose, the… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current problem was spawned by a … outbreaks were detected by epidemiologists inspecting ESSENCE time series and derived event lists. The … for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current problem was spawned by a labor- …