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Cognition and Central Nervous System Disability v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The Cognition and Central Nervous System Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with… read more… to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. How it was developed: The Association of State and … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. Cognition and Central Nervous System ICD9 … to run on the “CC and DD parsed free text” field in ESSENCE. New or Revised Definition: New Definition Date … -
Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Cross-border Data Sharing
Content Type: Abstract
In the fall of 2006, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) proactively began general discussions regarding surveillance issues of mutual interest. Both states, having operational… read more… for the Early Notification of Community- based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Each state desired to view the new shared data … -
Utilization of Public Health Surveillance Data for Early Detection of Drinking Water Contamination
Content Type: Abstract
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has developed a prototype contamination warning system (CWS) for drinking water in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD9). The goal of HSPD9 and the CWS is to… read more… health departments. The EPA is working with RODS and ESSENCE to enhance capabilities to detect a drinking water … -
Florida Department of Health Syndromic Surveillance Identifies Unreported Cases of Zika Virus Disease, 2016–2017
Content Type: Success Stories
Zika virus disease became a significant public health problem in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other South American and Central American countries. While not an overly severe illness for many, Zika virus disease has been shown to increase the… read more… (7), 17 Zika virus disease cases were identified using ESSENCE*–FL. These visits were not reported to public health … (7), 17 Zika virus disease cases were identified using ESSENCE*–FL. These visits were not reported to public health … -
Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Based on General Practitioner's Data, SOS Medecins Bordeaux
Content Type: Abstract
To describe and evaluate the SOS Medecins Bordeaux syndromic surveillance system .… Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France, 2French Field Epidemiology Training Programme; French Institute for Public Health … -
Preliminary Findings from the BioSense Evaluation Project
Content Type: Abstract
In October 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded four institutions, including Emory University, to conduct evaluations of the BioSense surveillance system. These evaluations include investigations of situations… read more… better public communications capacity, and bene- fits of training in incident command procedures. Interviews for … -
Enhanced Surveillance Improved Timeliness and Sensitivity at the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany
Content Type: Abstract
Security threats and the recent emergence of avian influenza in Europe have heightened the profile of and need for a good surveillance strategy during such events. The two main rationales for enhanced infectious disease surveillance at mass events… read more… Germany 2 European Programm on Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Objective In this abstract, we describe the … -
Where are the data? Accuracy of automated EHR reporting
Content Type: Abstract
Over 300 independent practices transmit monthly quality reports to a data warehouse using an automated process to summarize patient information into quality measures. All practices have implemented an EHR that captures clinical information to be… read more… Methods A total of 82 small practices received training on document- ing in the EHR to maximize performance … measures generally undercount performance. Despite train- ing, providers do not consistently document smoking …