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  • Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade

    Content Type: Abstract

    From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more
    … EDC-IS at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a … (EDC-IS) at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a … or vomit, or diarrhea, or gastroenteritis is performed in ESSENCE on a daily basis. The incidence of enteric illnesses …
  • Translational Research for Surveillance

    Content Type: Presentation Slides

    Presented January 28, 2008 The following presentation was given as part of the Integrated Surveillance Seminar Series from the National Center for Public Health Informatics and provides an overview of public health informatics… read more
    … surveillance. This research led to the development of the ESSENCE Application by the Johns Hopkins University Applied … 28, 2008 Joe Lombardo Joe.Lombardo@jhuapl.edu http://essence.jhuapl.edu/ESSENCEhttp://essence.jhuapl.edu/ESSENCE … surveillance. This research led to the development of the ESSENCE Application by the Johns Hopkins University Applied …
  • Opioid Diagnosis Codes - Adapted from the HCUP Definition - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created as a way to integrate the H-CUP Opioid-Related Hospital Use definition into ESSENCE. H-CUP is the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and we believe their Opioid-Related Hospital Use definition is a great starting point… read more
    … the H-CUP Opioid-Related Hospital Use definition into ESSENCE. H-CUP is the Healthcare Cost and Utilization … Syndromic Surveillance System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - … the H-CUP Opioid-Related Hospital Use definition into ESSENCE. H-CUP is the Healthcare Cost and Utilization …
  • Utility of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Identify Disease Outbreaks with Reportable Disease Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In light of recent communicable disease outbreaks, the ability of Florida Department of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using reportable disease data and algorithms originally… read more
    … of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using … and the de-identified case data are sent hourly to ESSENCE-FL. These data are then available for ad hoc … is an association between known outbreak activity and ESSENCE generated alerts.  3 views Submitted by elamb on …
  • Homeless Population - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge diagnosis fields. The Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits.
    … using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge … using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge …
  • SAGES Update: Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    The new 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the scope of reportable conditions and are intended to help prevent and respond to global public health… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). ESSENCE collects, processes, and analyzes non-traditional … leverages the experience gained in the development of ESSENCE, and the analysis and visualization components of … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). ESSENCE collects, processes, and analyzes …
  • Characterizing Fentanyl-Associated Mortality using the Literal Causes of Death

    Content Type: Abstract

    In October 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released health advisory #384 to inform people about increases in fentanyl fatalities. Florida’s statewide syndromic surveillance system, Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), captures electronic death record data in near … of death and detail the factors that led to the death. ESSENCE-FL has the benefit of not only receiving death … of death fields within death records data obtained from ESSENCE-FL. Objective To characterize fentanyl-associated …
  • Oregon Poison Center and Oregon Public Health Division Monitoring for the 2017 Solar Eclipse

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented November 31, 2017 by the Oregon Poison Center and Oregon Public Health Division Monitoring. Presenters: Sandy Giffin, RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd, MPH,… read more
    … RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd , MPH, ESSENCE Epidemiologist, Oregon Public Health Division View … RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd , MPH, ESSENCE Epidemiologist, Oregon Public Health Division …