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Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View
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This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more… with the “core” syndromic surveillance system (i.e. Essence, BioSense, etc.), and applying/analyzing several … -
Syndromic Surveillance Signal Investigation in Los Angeles County
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In the fall of 2001, the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response (BT P&R) Unit initiated a syndromic surveillance system utilizing chief complaint data collected from Emergency Departments throughout Los Angeles County (LAC). Chief complaint data… read more… (i.e., Terrorism Early Warning Group, Pro-Med, Epi-X, ESSENCE, BioSense, ReddiNet®, VCMR, Outbreak log, coroner … -
Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview
Content Type: Presentation Slides
These slides were presented at the Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Program Overview Partner meeting, led by CDC and organized by ASTHO in March of 2019. Presenters Puja Seth, PhD – Lead, Epidemiology… read more… ED collection Case-level or aggregate data shared through ESSENCE or directly with NCIPC Discharge/Billing Data … Leverage existing state and national resources (BioSense/ESSENCE) ▪ Action at local and national level – Improve more … -
KS Onboarding Presentation
Content Type: Presentation Slides
These slides provide an overview of the onboarding process for jurisdictions in Kansas supplying data for BioSense. This presentation emphasizes steps needed to improve data quality.… % Visits Direct 15 13% KHIN 6 2% ESSENCE - 0% Total 21 15% Note: “%Visits” based … 15 13% 19 45% KHIN 6 2% 40 22% ESSENCE - 0% 3 6% Total 21 15% 62 72% … -
GraphScan: Detection and Analysis of Free-Form Spatio-Temporal Patterns
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By capturing the spatio-temporal organization of the data using a graph, GraphScan avoids the challenges associated with trying to “fit” incoming data into moving windows of predefined shapes and sizes. Whereas the popular space-time permutation… read more… developed that handles data on a day- by-day basis. In essence, the program consists of two major components: The … -
Hybrid Probabilistic Modeling and Automated Data Fusion for Biosurveillance Applications
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The increased threat of bioterrorism and naturally occurring diseases, such as pandemic influenza, continually forces public health authorities to review methods for evaluating data and reports. The objective of bio-surveillance is to automatically… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) system. These data include records of classified … information is potentially available to the user via the ESSENCE interface or sources available via the internet. Our … -
Improving Rabies Surveillance Using Syndromic Data
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In order to assess the use of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Indiana, the Communicable Disease Reporting Rule, adopted October 11, 2000, requires the reporting of rabies PEP administration. Indiana is a “home rule” state; that is to say, local… read more… METHODS Initially, the veterinary epidemiologist used the ESSENCE query feature to search for rabies related patient … chief complaint after it has been processed by the ESSENCE chief complaint parser. (CCP like '%BAT%' and CCP … -
CDC Heroin v3
Content Type: Syndrome
THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC HEROIN OVERDOSE V4 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States… read more… dope Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected heroin overdose (,^[;/ …