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Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions
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The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more… for Early Notification of Community- based Epidemics (ESSENCE) of Florida. Historically, evaluations of SS systems … usage during their course of illness was documented. An ESSENCE review was then conducted to match cases reporting … date of visit, age, zip code, sex, and race, instead of ESSENCE unique patient identifier. Case investigation data …Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers
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Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more… the extent of agriculture injuries, KDHE opted to use ESSENCE. The ESSENCE syndromic surveillance (SyS) software application … collects prediagnostic data almost in real time. With ESSENCE, once a query has been written, sharing it is easy. … the extent of agriculture injuries, KDHE opted to use ESSENCE. The ESSENCE syndromic surveillance (SyS) software …Combining Laboratory Test Orders and Outpatient Visits to Monitor Respiratory Illness
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To evaluate whether joint monitoring of laboratory test orders and outpatient visits improves the sensitivity and timeliness of alerting during seasonal increases in respiratory illness.… in- creases in respiratory illness. BACKGROUND The ESSENCE surveillance system in use by the Department of … patient visits associated with respiratory illness using ESSENCE syndrome definitions documented in … tivities/ESSENCE/ESSENCE.asp>. Microbiology laboratory tests assigned …West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings
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Mass gatherings—defined as events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host state—pose unique surveillance challenges. Attendees can be at greater (or high) risk for injuries due to… read more… care facility. An off-site surveillance team used NSSP–ESSENCE* to provide daily situational awareness reports to … discharged, and expired). Enhanced surveillance using ESSENCE enabled public health officials to conduct near … health officials conducted SyS at this event. They used ESSENCE to run reports for event organizers, Dept. of …Ehrlichiosis v1
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Query 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… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: July 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to …Giardiasis v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query 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 Disease… read more… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: February 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …Hantavirus Infection v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query 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… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: February 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …Brucellosis v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query 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 Disease… read more… terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: February 2025 Definition Description: Designed to … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …