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  • 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 …
  • 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 …
  • Drowning and Submersion - CDC

    Content Type: Syndrome

    A step-wise article on developing this syndrome definition can be found in the April 2019 NSSP Update https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/news.html This syndrome is an initial attempt at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was… read more
    … at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was developed starting with the existing ESSENCE …
  • NSSP + NAPHSIS Mortality Pilot Project Presentation

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    On April 29, 2021, CSTE, NSSP,  and the… read more
    … State and Territorial Exchange of Vital Events (STEVE) to ESSENCE. NSSP and NAPHSIS are currently working with Vital … Level Public Author Alyaa Altabbaa Primary Topic Areas ESSENCE Tags ESSENCE Original Publication Year 2021 …
  • Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more
    … experience in identifying CO poisoning clusters using ESSENCE-based syndromic surveillance. Document … Three out of four recent clusters were detected using ESSENCE. Timely investigation and reporting of CO poisoning …
  • Utilization of Florida poison control data and Emergency Department chief complaint data to identify clusters of carbon monoxide poisoning

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) previously monitored Florida Poison Information Center (FPICN) data for timely detection of increases in carbon monoxide (CO) exposures before, during, and after hurricanes. Recent analyses have noted that CO… read more
    … experience in identifying CO poisoning clusters using ESSENCE-based syndromic surveillance. Document … Three out of four recent clusters were detected using ESSENCE. Timely investigation and reporting of CO poisoning …
  • North Texas School Health Surveillance: First-Year Progress and Next Steps

    Content Type: Abstract

    Recognizing the threat of pandemic influenza and new or emerging disease such as SARS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that schools work in partnership with their local health departments “to develop a surveillance… read more
    … County Public Health (TCPH) epidemiologists, who can use ESSENCE1 to analyze the data. The projectís ongoing goal is … Epidemics, developed by the John Hopkins APL, at: http://essence.jhuapl.edu/ESSENCE/. 2. CDC. Prevention and Control …
  • 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 …