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  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Self-Care and Independent Living Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • 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… read more
    … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date 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 … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: October 2025 Definition Description: Designed to …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with ED data as part of the rapid reportables project, which seeks to create queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the… read more
    … terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … or Revised Definition: Revised Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: July 2024 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Overall Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Definition Purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in identifying emergency department (ED) visits for suspected suicide attempts. The definition can be used to supplement case-finding using… read more
    … Revision of CDC Suicide Attempt v1   Date Added to ESSENCE: December 7, 2022   Justification for New Version: … the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, or ESSENCE, manually reviewing the visits that were pulled, … labeled as Chief Complaint Updates when exported from ESSENCE) and the Discharge Diagnosis History field (also …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Intellectual and Developmental Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities… read more
    … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed:  The Association of State and … preferred by many disability advocates. However, NSSP-ESSENCE is limited by the information routinely collected in … stopgap to identify people with disabilities within NSSP-ESSENCE while we work collectively to address systemic …
  • Content Type: Success Stories

    Mass gatherings (e.g., concerts, festivals, sporting events, political rallies, and religious gatherings) pose unique challenges to public health officials. Risks associated with large events can vary and are influenced by factors such as crowd… read more
    … and plan interventions. The guide provided reminders on ESSENCE functionality (e.g., develop queries, set up and … than 3,000 persons.” 2 Oregon Health Authority. Oregon Essence: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance …