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Hierarchical Filtering of ESSENCE for Routine, Distributed Disease Monitoring by the Veterans Health Administration
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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 … burden. Customized querying features have been added to ESSENCE, but standardization and IP training are required to … -
Enhancing Biosurveillance Specificity Using PraedicoTM, A Next Generation Application
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Many methods to detect outbreaks currently exist, although most are ineffective in the face of real data, resulting in high false positivity. More complicated methods have better precision, but can be difficult to interpret and justify. Praedico™ is… read more… syndromic surveillance alerting in VA using Praedico™ and ESSENCE. Submitted by teresa.hamby@d… on Tue, 08/29/2017 - … syndromic surveillance alerting in VA using Praedico™ and ESSENCE. … Enhancing Biosurveillance Specificity Using … -
Evaluation of Praedico™, A Next Generation Big Data Biosurveillance Application
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The National Strategy for Biosurveillance promotes a national effort to improve early detection and enable ongoing situational awareness of all-hazards threats. Implicit in the Strategy’s implementation plan is the need to upgrade capabilities and… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). Submitted by Magou on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 20:39 … … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). … Evaluation of Praedico™, A Next Generation Big …