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Meningococcal Disease v1
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 … terms. These terms were formatted for querying in ESSENCE. Text analysis was conducted on the initial query to … -
Evaluation of Body Temperature to Classify Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) in a Syndromic Surveillance System
Content Type: Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of body temperature measurements > 100.5 F in relationship to laboratory confirmation of influenza and other ILI pathogens.… For each of ten codes used to profile the ILI syndrome in ESSENCE (the Department of Defense’s syndromic surveillance … -
The NGram CC Classifier: A Novel Method of Automatically Creating CC Classifiers Based on ICD9 Groupings
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more… visits). We used as our ICD9 classifier an existing ESSENCE filter for “lower GI” modified by removing … -
Using NLP on VA Electronic Medical Records to Facilitate Epidemiologic Case Investigations
Content Type: Abstract
A major goal of biosurveillance is the timely detection of an infectious disease outbreak. Once a disease has been identified, another very important goal is to find all known cases of the disease to assist public health… read more… the first stage, we used structured data and BioSense and ESSENCE ICD 9 codes on records during the study period … -
Utilizing Emergency Department Data to Evaluate Primary Care Clinic Hours
Content Type: Abstract
In addition to utilizing syndromic surveillance data to respond to public health threats and prepare for major incidents, local health departments can utilize the data to examine patient volumes in the emergency departments (EDs) of… read more… hours’ impact on ED use. METHODS All 2007 ED visits from ESSENCE for the urban public hospital were analyzed for … -
Using Syndromic Data to Examine Flooding
Content Type: Success Stories
Wisconsin experienced severe flooding from August 17 to September 20, 2018. This flood caused an estimated $232 million in damage and affected 21 counties. Floods can have negative health impacts on a population, such as increased skin infections,… read more… used the Early Notification of Community based Epidemics (ESSENCE), a tool within BioSense, to track flood-related … disasters and disease outbreaks are being set up through ESSENCE. There is an effort to get more DHS employees signed … -
Poliomyelitis v1
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 … New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date Added to ESSENCE: July 2024 Definition Description: Designed to … -
Heroin Overdose v5 Parsed
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal heroin-involved overdoses using syndromic surveillance… read more… poisoning of unintentional or undetermined intent. Within ESSENCE, the syndrome query is applied to the Chief … Revision of CDC Heroin Overdose v4 Date Added to ESSENCE: August 25, 2023 Definition Description: The heroin …