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  • Enhancement of ESSENCE-based chemical surveillance by incorporation of real-time poison information center data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Florida Department of Health has developed a statewide syndromic surveillance system based on the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Authorized users can currently access… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Authorized users can currently access data from … chemical surveillance by incorporating FPICN data into ESSENCE. Document …
  • User Generated SQL Queries Inform Evaluation of NSSP ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    As system users develop queries within ESSENCE, they step through the user-interface to select data sources and parameters needed for their query. Then they select from the available output options (e.g., time series, table builder, data details).… read more
    … As system users develop queries within ESSENCE, they step through the user-interface to select data …
  • Dual Monitoring of ILI Syndrome Using the ESSENCE System

    Content Type: Abstract

    The threat of terrorism and high-profile disease outbreaks has drawn attention to public health syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of natural or man-made disease events. In this sense, the Miami-Dade County Health… read more
    … Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … Illness (ILI) syndrome in Miami-Dade County using the ESSENCE syndromic surveillance system, and their potential …
  • Integrating R into ESSENCE to Enable Custom Data Analysis and Visualization

    Content Type: Abstract

    The use of R is increasing in the public health disease surveillance community. The ISDS pre-conference workshops and newly formed R Group for Surveillance have been well attended and continue to grow in popularity. The use of R in the National… read more
    … This interest in R, combined with a desire from many ESSENCE users to create custom analytics and visualizations, … into the feasibility and ways R could be integrated into ESSENCE. Objective The objective of this project is to give …
  • Updated Jan 2022 - How to Use RStudio with ESSENCE API Guide

    Content Type: Training

    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 …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of the Fever Syndromes in BioSense and ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Tennessee obtains emergency department data for syndromic surveillance in standardized HL7… read more
    … Data are received daily and processed by a Tennessee ESSENCE application and the national BioSense platform. … performance of the fever syndromes used by BioSense and ESSENCE, recorded temperature data was used as the gold …
  • Evaluation of ESSENCE in the Cloud Using Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In November of 2011 BioSense 2.0 went live to provide tools for public health departments to process, store, and analyze meaningful use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic… read more
    … use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic … tools to analyze the data both using BioSense 2.0 and ESSENCE. The presentation will describe the tools and …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the …