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Specific Developmental, Behavioral, and Learning Disability v1
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 … -
GraphScan: Detection and Analysis of Free-Form Spatio-Temporal Patterns
Content Type: Abstract
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 … -
Systematic Comparison of Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Varied approaches have been used by syndromic surveillance systems for aberration detection. However, the performance of these methods has been evaluated only across a small range of epidemic characteristics. Objective… read more… Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) algorithms used by the ESSENCE system [3], with smoothing constants of 0.4 and 0.9; … -
The Performance of a NGram Classifier for Patients' Chief Complaint Based on a Computerized Pick List Entry and Free Text in an Italian Emergency Department
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) and ICD code data to syndromes. The triage nurse note (NN) has also been used for… read more… data for testing the classifiers. We used an existing ESSENCE classifier for RESP as the criterion standard 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 … available (not yet explored) • Syndromic Surveillance – ESSENCE – Updated nightly – Rapid surveillance option … -
Temporo-spatial surveillance of influenza-like illness: preliminary results from the Idaho infectious disease reporting network
Content Type: Abstract
Current influenza-like illness (ILI) monitoring in Idaho is based on syndromic surveillance using laboratory data, combined with periodic person-to-person reports collected by Idaho state workers. This system relies on voluntary … read more… 2010. References 1 Lombardo JS, Burkom H, Pavlin J. II ESSENCE and the framework for evaluating syndromic … -
CDC Suicide Attempt v2
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 … -
Rubella V1
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 … Chief Complaint Query Validation dataset (CCQV) in ESSENCE. Development Methods: 1. The CDC team used the NNDSS …