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  • R Training for BioSense 2.0

    Content Type: Training

    The topics covered in this training include an introduction to the R statistical package, downloading and installation of R, data management including importing datasets, generating data subsets, adding new variables, how to generate descriptive… read more
    … The topics covered in this training include an introduction to the R statistical … and basic box plots, histograms and scatter plots. The training also includes a demonstration of using R with …
  • Virtual public health informatics training: development and delivery of an online public health informatics course

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health informatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses information technology and informatics methods to meet public health goals. To achieve these goals, education and training of a new generation of public health informaticians… read more
    … health goals. To achieve these goals, education and training of a new generation of public health informaticians … AMIA0 s 10 ! 10 program aims to realize the goal of training 10,000 health care professionals in applied health … - 12:27 … ABSTRACT Virtual public health informatics training: development and delivery of an online public …
  • An Innovative Approach to Surveillance Training in the African Region

    Content Type: Abstract

    Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) strategy for strengthening national public health surveillance and response systems in African countries. The strategy… read more
    … more than 30 countries have conducted at least one IDSR training workshop. Limited resources preclude conducting … solution is to implement an electronic version for IDSR training. In collaboration with WHO-AFRO, we conducted a …
  • Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration

    Content Type: Abstract

    The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. Epidemiologists at the Office of Public Health (OPH) monitor the VA population at the national level. The system is also intended for facility-level monitoring to cover 152 medical… read more
    … The VA has employed ESSENCE for health monitoring since 2006 [1]. … alerts is impractical for the group of monitors using ESSENCE. Signals of interest may be masked by the nationwide … have been added to ESSENCE, but standardization and IP training are required to assure appropriate use. Objective …
  • West Virginia BioSense Training

    Content Type: Training

    Marcus Rennick, Epidemiologist with the Marion County Public Health Department (WV), provides an overview/training on the BioSense System.   Time Overview: (45 minutes) Syndromic Surveillance and BioSense Overview (90 minutes) Hands… read more
    … Public Health Department (WV), provides an overview/training on the BioSense System.   Time Overview: (45 … Public Health Department (WV), provides an overview/training on the BioSense System.   Time Overview: (45 …
  • Oregon ESSENCE: Using ESSENCE for Mass Gathering Surveillance

    Content Type: Report

    Syndromic surveillance is the near real-time monitoring of key health indicators in emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient symptoms using… read more
    … department (ED) and urgent care visits. Oregon ESSENCE tracks the number of visits for specific patient … only one healthcare facility submitting data to Oregon ESSENCE. Per data use agreements, counts from a single …
  • Maryland ESSENCE expansion to incorporate prescription medication data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, and public health emergencies. ESSENCE incorporates traditional and nontraditional health… read more
    … Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease … the state were sending emergency department (ED) data to ESSENCE. DHMH began planning several years ago to increase …
  • Biosurveillance applications for resource-limited settings: open ESSENCE and ESSENCE desktop edition

    Content Type: Abstract

    More than a decade ago, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) developed the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based… read more
    … Notification of Community-based Epidemics (Enterprise ESSENCE), which is currently used by federal, state and … the experience gained in the development of Enterprise ESSENCE, JHU/APL has developed two freely available …