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  • Integrating R into ESSENCE to Enable Custom Data Analysis and Visualization

    Content Type: Abstract

    The use of R is increasing in the public health disease surveillance community. The ISDS pre-conference workshops and newly formed R Group for Surveillance have been well attended and continue to grow in popularity. The use of R in the National… read more
    … This interest in R, combined with a desire from many ESSENCE users to create custom analytics and visualizations, … into the feasibility and ways R could be integrated into ESSENCE. Objective The objective of this project is to give …
  • Updated Jan 2022 - How to Use RStudio with ESSENCE API Guide

    Content Type: Training

    This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will begin with a very brief explanation of application programming interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and… read more
    … This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will … interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and finally expose you to basic examples of R code …
  • Sensitivity and Specificity of the Fever Syndromes in BioSense and ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Tennessee obtains emergency department data for syndromic surveillance in standardized HL7… read more
    … Data are received daily and processed by a Tennessee ESSENCE application and the national BioSense platform. … performance of the fever syndromes used by BioSense and ESSENCE, recorded temperature data was used as the gold …
  • Evaluation of ESSENCE in the Cloud Using Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In November of 2011 BioSense 2.0 went live to provide tools for public health departments to process, store, and analyze meaningful use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic… read more
    … use syndromic surveillance data. In February of 2012 ESSENCE was adapted to support meaningful use syndromic … tools to analyze the data both using BioSense 2.0 and ESSENCE. The presentation will describe the tools and …
  • Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more
    … will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the …
  • Enhancing the BioSense Platform: Findings from an ESSENCE and SAS Pilot Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense was launched in 2003 by CDC with its primary aim to establish an integrated system of nationwide public health surveillance for the early detection and prompt assessment of potential bioterrorism-related syndromes or other public health… read more
    … functionalities and analytical applications, such as ESSENCE and SAS to improve the BioSense Platform. In … before data are transformed; and 3) conduct testing of ESSENCE’s functions to ensure the tool worked as intended, …
  • Impact of the NSSP’s transition to ESSENCE on chief complaint field-based syndromes

    Content Type: Abstract

    In January 2017, the NSSP transitioned their BioSense analytical tools to Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a concatenation of the record's… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The chief complaint field in BioSense 2.0 was a … and diagnostic impression. Following the transition to ESSENCE, the chief complaint field was comprised of the …
  • Maricopa County’s use of NSSP ESSENCE to detect cases during a hepatitis A outbreak

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 3/29/2017, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) received three reports of confirmed HAV infection from an onsite clinic at Campus A that assists individuals experiencing homelessness, a population at risk for HAV transmission.… read more
    … initiated rapid HAV infection case detection using NSSP ESSENCE. Objective: To demonstrate the utility of the …