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  • Content Type: References

    This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more
    … Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Platform, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … as well as national level data available in NSSP ESSENCE. When using other data sources with this definition, …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: Capture all traffic-related injuries presenting to the emergency room regardless of intent or vehicle type to allow monitoring of long-term trends in traffic-related injuries as well as short-term aberrations due to holiday, events,… read more
    … holiday, events, weather. Syndromic Surveillance System: ESSENCE Data sources: Emergency Department Visits Fields … holiday, events, weather. Syndromic Surveillance System: ESSENCE Data sources: Emergency Department Visits Fields …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    In WA, we've been using a series of increasingly broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a result of people seeking care because they were (or think) they were exposed, seeking… read more
    … review of the same records Syndromic surveillance system: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: All clinical (emergency … review of the same records Syndromic surveillance system: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: All clinical (emergency …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    The following syndrome was developed to explore emergency department visit records involving people experiencing homelessness. Trends over time, patient demographics, geographic distribution, and primary reasons for seeking care were explored.… read more
    … low temperatures). The syndrome was developed in NSSP ESSENCE and is based on syndrome definitions provided by … Health natasha.close@doh.wa.gov Document WADOH_Homeless_ESSENCE.txt Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/09/2019 - …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Objective: This is an updated to the All Traffic-related submitted in 2018. The goal is to capture all traffic-related injuries presenting for healthcare, regardless of intent or vehicle type, to allow monitoring of long-term trends… read more
    … events, or weather. Syndromic Surveillance System: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: Emergency Department and … events, or weather. Syndromic Surveillance System: ESSENCE (NSSP) Data sources: Emergency Department and …
  • Content Type: Webinar

    This webinar is part of the Meaningful Use Webinar Series entitled "Discovering the New Frontier of Syndromic Surveillance: A Meaningful Use Dialogue" Our third Meaningful Use webinar continues our discussion on state implementation of inpatient… read more
    … ○  Test messages received from 14 facilities (3 new) �  ESSENCE system hosted by DOH Syndromic Surveillance … transport SFT (8 feeds) PHINMS (1 feed) Data elements ESSENCE only ESSENCE + *ADT^A01^ADT_A01, ADT^A03^ADT_A03, …