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  • Experts Collaborate to Develop a Standardized Syndrome Definition for Cold-related Illness

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In winter, people are at risk for cold-related illness (CRI) such as hypothermia. Deaths coded as weather-related from 2006 through 2010 showed exposure to excessive cold as the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.1… read more
    … variation in terms, inclusion and exclusion terms, ESSENCE query syntax, potential applications and … Practice. The CRI definition has been implemented in NSSP–ESSENCE,* and associated documentation will be posted in the … variation in terms, inclusion and exclusion terms, ESSENCE query syntax, potential applications and …
  • SAGES: a suite of freely available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings

    Content Type: Abstract

    Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to global public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 1100 epidemic events worldwide in the last 5 years alone. Recently, the emergence of the… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current SAGES initiative leverages the experience gained in the develop- ment of ESSENCE; the analysis and visualization compo- nents of …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document

    Content Type: Report

    In general, data from public health surveillance can be used for short- and long-term planning and response through retrospective data analysis of trends over time or specific events. Combining health outcome data (e.g., hospitalizations or deaths)… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) within the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)1, local installations of ESSENCE, commercial syndromic surveillance systems such as … with preclinical 1 The NSSP BioSense platform hosts ESSENCE along with a number of other software tools …
  • Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). On 15 January 15 2010, the Florida Department of … of Epidemiology, requested that hospitals reporting to ESSENCE add the word ‘Haiti’ to chief complaints of visits …
  • Electronic Surveillance for Injury Prevention Using a Physician-Operated System

    Content Type: Abstract

    When hazardous materials or products emerge in the market, injury prevention researchers take action to promote awareness and legislation with the goal to prevent further injuries. This cannot be achieved without reliable data on trends and outcomes… read more
    … Endie Waziri2 and Adebola T. Olayinka1 Integrating R into ESSENCE to Enable Custom Data Analysis and Visualization … Tran Day of Week Analysis of Myocardial Infarctions Using ESSENCE-FL Emergency Department Data Allison B. Culpepper*, … Enhancing the BioSense Platform: Findings from an ESSENCE and SAS Pilot Project Cassandra N. Davis* French …
  • Surveillance of Suicide Attempts and Ideation Presenting in Area Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In 2015, Idaho was among the top 10 states for suicides in the United States. Suicide as the cause of death for teens and young adults in Idaho was exceeded only by accidental deaths. On average, one suicide death occurred among all ages every day.… read more
    … Syndromic Surveillance Program’s BioSense Platform ESSENCE* surveillance tool, which received data from 80% of … 65 or more years). These categories were derived from the ESSENCE software’s internal capability. Sixty-one visits … Syndromic Surveillance Program’s BioSense Platform ESSENCE* surveillance tool, which received data from 80% of …
  • CDC Stimulant v2

    Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC STIMULANT OVERDOSE V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE.… read more
    … Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code (most around molly and crack) Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected stimulant overdose (,^[;/ …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Shows Rise in Emergency Department Visits after Case of Ebola

    Content Type: Success Stories

    The first Ebola virus case on American soil was confirmed September 30, 2014, in a 45-year-old man. He had entered the country on September 20, 2014, from Liberia. Feeling ill, he visited a Dallas, Texas, hospital 5 days later where he was released… read more
    … Region 2/3 syndromic surveillance data and associated ESSENCE analytics through the North Texas Syndromic … Region 2/3 syndromic surveillance data and associated ESSENCE analytics through the North Texas Syndromic … Preparedness Summit. Findings were based on the use of ESSENCE in the study of emergency room surge due to the …