Skip to main content

Displaying results 137 - 144 of 607
  • Data Flow: Data Element Requirements

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) conducted a three-part webinar series in 2016 to describe how… read more
    … data were to be ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE application and how BioSense 2.0 data were to be … that defines whether the message is part of a production, training, or debugging system No MSH-11.1 N/A [1.. 1] PT …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … The Oregon syndromic surveillance project, or Oregon ESSENCE, began accepting MUcompliant HL7 2.5.1 data in late …
  • Improvement in Performance of Ngram Classifiers with Frequent Updates

    Content Type: Abstract

      Syndromic surveillance of emergency department(ED) visit data is often based on computerized classifiers which assign patient chief complaints (CC) tosyndromes. These classifiers may need to be updatedperiodically to account for changes… read more
    … creates a CC classifier automatically based on a training set of patient visits for which both the CC and … We used a lower GI grouping of ICD9 codes created by the ESSENCE-CDC pro- ject. We then used an N-Gram method adapted …
  • Introduction to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

    Content Type: Training

    The Introduction to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) course provides a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to APIs. This training is designed for epidemiologists and public health professionals who are new to APIs.APIs are essential tools… read more
    … a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to APIs. This training is designed for epidemiologists and public health … to identify and monitor public health threats.   This training series was funded by CDC Cooperative Agreement No: 1 NU38OT000297-03-00. The contents of this training are solely the responsibility of the authors and do …
  • Strategies for Improving Grant and Scientific Writing - Part 2

    Content Type: Training

    This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 ISDS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. This video is Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here to view Part 1… read more
    … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 … Submitted by elamb on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 11:11 … This training was provided by Dr. Brian Dixon during the 2018 …
  • BioSense Platform: Introduction to SAS Studio Basics

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented December 4, 2018. The Webinar, Introduction of SAS Studio Basics to the BioSense Platform, will include overviews, summaries, tips, tricks, and examples across a number of SAS topics on the BioSense Platform. Some of these topics will… read more
    … code examples, and how to perform an API call from ESSENCE. Presenters Roseanne English , BS, Analytic Data …
  • Free-Text Mining to Improve Syndrome Definition Matching Across Emergency Departments

    Content Type: Abstract

    Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief… read more
    … Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in … more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief …
  • Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County

    Content Type: Abstract

    To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities
    … for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily … Syndromic surveillance in Miami-Dade County consists of ESSENCE, Public School Absenteeism, 911 call center data as …