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  • Disaster-related Mental Health v1 - Syndrome Definition Subcommittee

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Why was the syndrome created? This is a Syndrome Definition (SD) Subcommittee community-developed syndrome definition for mental health conditions likely to increase in emergency department frequency during and after natural or… read more
    … code. The query has been added to NSSP BioSense Platform ESSENCE as a CC and DD Category called Disaster-related … code. The query has been added to NSSP BioSense Platform ESSENCE as a CC and DD Category called Disaster-related …
  • Effective Collaboration Models for Statiscians and Public Health Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health departments need enhanced surveillance tools for population monitoring, and external researchers have expertise and methods to provide these tools. However, collaboration with potential solution developers and students in academia,… read more
    … Among the tools most desired by respondents were the ESSENCE biosurveillance system with multiple analytic tools … Among the tools most desired by respondents were the ESSENCE biosurveillance system with multiple analytic tools …
  • Storms - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This is a cluster of syndromes created to populate an extreme weather myESSENCE tab. The intent was to increase repeatability of our weather surveillance and have something where a user can use the "Change Region" option to select whatever county,… read more
    … a major work-in progress. All of this as done in NSSP ESSENCE on Emergency Room data. Fields are specified by each … a major work-in progress. All of this as done in NSSP ESSENCE on Emergency Room data. Fields are specified by each …
  • CDC Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Why the syndrome was created: The purpose of the suspected child abuse and neglect (sCAN) syndromic surveillance query is to monitor trends in childhood abuse and neglect in emergency departments and… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis (CC … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis (CC …
  • Data Sharing Through Dashboards: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented April 26, 2019. Description: Join us for this lightning talk webinar experience where you will see multiple examples of data dashboards and learn more about who they were created for, how… read more
    … the National Capital Region for 5 years as the lead for ESSENCE program at the Maryland Department of Health and … the National Capital Region for 5 years as the lead for ESSENCE program at the Maryland Department of Health and …
  • Syndrome Definition Development Toolkit

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    PurposeThe purpose of this document is to standardize and formalize the process for adding new and updating existing syndrome definitions (CCDD Categories) in the NSSP-ESSENCE instance of the BioSense platform. While jurisdictions… read more
    … syndrome definitions (CCDD Categories) in the NSSP-ESSENCE instance of the BioSense platform. While … jurisdictions that maintain their own local versions of ESSENCE do not need to follow this process, this can still … and adding new or updated definitions to the NSSP-ESSENCE platform. Steps 1-2 are helpful steps for evaluating …
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more
    … broadly capture symptoms or travel-based terms. Added to ESSENCE : October 2025  Definition Description : Designed to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: October 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … broadly capture symptoms or travel-based terms. Added to ESSENCE : October 2025  Definition Description : Designed to …
  • Assessing and Optimizing the Accuracy of Physician Billing Claims for Use in Automated Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    To assess the accuracy of community-based physician claims for identifying 5 syndromes: fever, gastrointestinal, neurological, rash, and respiratory.
    … [2] DoD-GEIS. 2003. ICD-9 code set used in ESSENCE. … http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceActivities/ESSENC E/ESSENCE.asp#ICD9 [3] CDC. 2003. Syndrome definitions for … http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceActivities/ESSENCE/ESSENCE.asp#ICD9 …