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  • Data Quality (DQ) Subcommittee Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2025
    • August 2025 (Topic: Inpatient data quality discussion and poll questions, NIST Syndromic Surveillance Test Edition 2 Overview) - Recording
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    … Poll: Which tool do you use to query or assess BioSense/ESSENCE data most often?, How to query for specific … Proposed adjustment to raw processed field values in ESSENCE, Assessing your data for missing external cause … DQ, Assessing Race and Ethnicity in R using BioSense and ESSENCE) - Recording August 2023 (Topic: Reviewing EHR …
  • Tick Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO,…
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    … expressions in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from … expressions in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from …
  • Lyme Disease Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R…
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    … expressions in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from … expressions in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from …
  • Medication Refill - Idaho Division of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    The attached query was developed to track medication refill encounters in emergency departments in ESSENCE during evacuations or extended mass gathering events. The query was initially developed for use with the chief complaint, triage note, and… read more
    … medication refill encounters in emergency departments in ESSENCE during evacuations or extended mass gathering … medication refill encounters in emergency departments in ESSENCE during evacuations or extended mass gathering …
  • Data Sharing Among Three States in the BioSense Platform during the 2017 US Solar Eclipse

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2016, the BioSense Platform for national syndromic surveillance made substantial enhancements including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse data sharing needs. On August 21, 2017, a total… read more
    … including data processing changes, a national ESSENCE instance, and management tools to support diverse … cross-jurisdictional data sharing practices using ESSENCE and facilitated by the BioSense Platform for a …
  • Race and Ethnicity Data Quality Improvement Workgroup Calls

    Content Type: Meeting Recordings & Notes

    2021
    • December 2021 No call this month
    • November 2021 - No call this month 
    • October 2021 (Topic: Addressing Gaps in Public Health Reporting…
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    … (Topic: New Calculated Fields for Race and Ethnicity in ESSENCE) - Recording April 2021 (Topic: Race and Ethnicity … (Topic: New Calculated Fields for Race and Ethnicity in ESSENCE) - Recording April 2021 (Topic: Race and Ethnicity …
  • Use of Syndromic Surveillance during a South Florida Mass Migration Exercise, Broward County

    Content Type: Abstract

    On March 7th and 8th of 2007 authorities from federal, state, county, and municipal jurisdictions/agencies having mass migration response responsibilities (as per the Department of Homeland Security Operation Vigilant Sentry, as well as… read more
    … medical condition.   Objective Describe the use of the ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … Epidemiology Section OBJECTIVE Describe the use of the ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early …
  • Utilizing Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Irma-Related CO Poisonings in Florida

    Content Type: Abstract

    On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. Over 90% of Florida counties reported power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel combustion sources (e.g., cooking,… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) to find cases of CO poisoning. ESSENCE-FL provides access to ED data from 98% (255 out of …