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  • Comparison of ILINet and ESSENCE for Influenza Surveillance at the Local Level

    Content Type: Abstract

    ILINet is used nationwide by sentinel healthcare providers for reporting weekly outpatient visit numbers for influenza-like illness to CDC. The Florida Department of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating… read more
    … of Health receives urgent care center (UCC) data through ESSENCE from participating facilities. Seminole County is … and all their discharge diagnoses are available through ESSENCE. However, the reported number of patients being …
  • Use of ESSENCE APIs to Support Flexible Analysis and Reporting

    Content Type: Abstract

    The ESSENCE application supports users' interactive analysis of data by clicking through menus in a user interface (UI), and provides multiple types of user defined data visualization options, including various charts and graphs, tables of… read more
    … The ESSENCE application supports users' interactive analysis of … requirements. Rapidly accessing data processed through ESSENCE using existing access control mechanisms, but …
  • Utility of the ESSENCE System for Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) in Miami-Dade County

    Content Type: Abstract

    The threat of pandemic and seasonal influenza has drawn attention to syndromic surveillance systems for early detection of influenza-like illness. Since 2005, the Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance… read more
    … the Miami-Dade County Health Department has implemented ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … with influenza diagnostic codes 487.0 to 487.8. [3] In ESSENCE, ILI is a chief complaint of fever with either cough …
  • Innovative Uses for ESSENCE to Improve Standard Communicable Disease Reporting Practices in Miami-Dade County

    Content Type: Abstract

    To illustrate how ESSENCE can been utilized to collaborate with healthcare practitioners in order to improve communicable disease reporting
    … To illustrate how ESSENCE can been utilized to collaborate with healthcare … in 14 of the largest hospitals since 2005. Although ESSENCE’s primary aim is to detect outbreaks or bioterrorism …
  • Using ESSENCE to Meet Local Needs for Mental Health Data: Query & Results

    Content Type: Abstract

    Mental health is a common and costly concern; it is estimated that nearly 20 percent of adults in the United States live with a mental illness [1] and that more money is spent on mental illness than any other medical condition [2]. One spillover… read more
    … and evaluate the effectiveness of local strategies. ESSENCE, available in 31 states, provides near-real time …
  • Jurisdictional Usage of the New ESSENCE Word Alert Feature

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance systems have historically focused on aggregating data into syndromes for analysis and visualization. These syndromes provide users a way to quickly filter large amounts of data into a manageable number of streams to analyze.… read more
    … a manageable number of streams to analyze. Additionally, ESSENCE users have the ability to build their own case … these predefined and user- defined syndromic categories, ESSENCE did not previously provide alerts based on …
  • AMC and ESSENCE Orientation - NSSP New Site Onboarding Window (Fall 2020) Webinar #3

    Content Type: Webinar

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Team hosted the 3rd webinar of its Fall 2020 New Site Onboarding Window on November 16, 2020. The webinar orients viewers to the Access & Management Center (AMC),… read more
    … & Management Center (AMC), AMC Data Access Rules, and ESSENCE. View the recording of the webinar  here . … The …
  • How to Use the ESSENCE APIs with the Rnssp Package

    Content Type: Training

    In July 2021, NSSP announced the release of the Rnssp R package which facilitates access to the ESSENCE system via a secure and simple interface. Rnssp provides methods that… read more
    … of the  Rnssp  R package which facilitates access to the ESSENCE system via a secure and simple … In this tutorial demonstrates how to pull data from the ESSENCE system using Rnssp. Note: The Rnssp package is yet …