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  • Mass Gathering Surveillance: New ESSENCE Report and Collaboration Win Gold in OR

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    The 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials were held July 1-10 in Eugene, OR. This mass gathering included over 1,000 athletes, 1,500 volunteers, and 175,000 spectators. The Oregon Public Health Division (PHD) and Lane County Public Health (… read more
    … a mass gathering.  … Mass Gathering Surveillance: New ESSENCE Report and Collaboration Win Gold in OR …
  • Improving Syndromic Data Quality through Implementation of Error Capture Module

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    Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more
    … University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2011. ESSENCE is an automated, electronic … NZ), which standardizes messages before entering ESSENCE. Mechanisms in the ingestion route (error-handling …
  • Public Health Surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

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    The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 provided a rare opportunity to view a complete solar eclipse on the American mainland. Much of Oregon was in the path of totality and forecasted to have clear skies. Ahead of the event, OPHD aggregated a list… read more
    … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings … strategy. Statewide syndromic surveillance (Oregon ESSENCE) has been used to monitor previous mass gatherings …
  • ED and poison center surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

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    Oregon’s statewide syndromic surveillance system (Oregon ESSENCE) has been operational since 2012. Non-federal emergency department data (and several of their associated urgent care centers) are the primary source for the system, although other… read more
    … Oregon’s statewide syndromic surveillance system (Oregon ESSENCE) has been operational since 2012. Non-federal … statewide syndromic surveillance system (Oregon ESSENCE) has been operational since 2012. Non-federal …