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  • Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance to Identify Naled-Related Illness in Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    Pesticide-related illness and injury is a reportable condition in Florida. In August and September 2016, aerial spraying for mosquito control was conducted in an effort to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Miami-Dade County.1 Two… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) emergency department (ED) chief complaints data … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) emergency department (ED) chief complaints data …
  • Public Health Surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 provided a rare opportunity to view a complete solar eclipse on the American mainland. Much of Oregon was in the path of totality and forecasted to have clear skies. Ahead of the event, OPHD aggregated a list… read more
    … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings …
  • Implementation of a Facility Based County Surveillance System Using Epi Info

    Content Type: Abstract

    Surveillance in nursing homes (Enserink et al., 2011) and day care facilities (Enserink et al., 2012) has been conducted in the Netherlands, but is not commonly practiced in the United States (Buehler et al., 2008). Outbreaks of illnesses within… read more
    … County (DOH-Hillsborough) routinely reviews the ESSENCE-FL system to assess syndromic trends in emergency … County (DOH-Hillsborough) routinely reviews the ESSENCE-FL system to assess syndromic trends in emergency …
  • Utility of Data Fusion for Public Health Monitors: Lessons Learned from a Beta Test

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) supports the development of new analytical tools to improve alerting in the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) disease-monitoring application used by the …
  • Using syndromic surveillance to monitor response to cyanotoxin contamination event

    Content Type: Abstract

    Cyanotoxins are unregulated, emerging contaminants that have been associated with adverse health effects, including gastroenteritis, when consumed at high levels1,2. In May and June of 2018 cyanotoxins were detected in the public drinking water… read more
    … activities with other state and local agencies. Oregon ESSENCE staff used syndromic surveillance to monitor the … activities with other state and local agencies. Oregon ESSENCE staff used syndromic surveillance to monitor the …
  • Measles-related syndromes - Washington State Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    In WA, we've been using a series of increasingly broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a result of people seeking care because they were (or think) they were exposed, seeking… read more
    … review of the same records Syndromic surveillance system: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: All clinical (emergency … review of the same records Syndromic surveillance system: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: All clinical (emergency …
  • Streamlined Development of Analytic Fusion Capability for Health Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The motivation for this project is to provide greater situational awareness to DoD epidemiologists monitoring the health of military personnel and their dependents. An increasing number of data sources of varying clinical specificity and timeliness… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Data sources included clinical encounter records … allow us to improve the analytic fusion abilities of DoD ESSENCE, as well as in civilian surveillance systems Our … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Data sources included clinical encounter records …
  • Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners

    Content Type: Abstract

    Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more
    … to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, … to be easily and securely shared between public health ESSENCE users and non-public health partners; specifically, …