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  • Tracking Health Effects of Wildfires: The Oregon ESSENCE Wildfire Pilot Project

    Content Type: Abstract

    Wildfires occur annually in Oregon, and the health risks of wildfire smoke are well documented1. Before implementing syndromic surveillance through Oregon ESSENCE, assessing the health effects of wildfires in real time was very challenging. Summer… read more
    … Before implementing syndromic surveillance through Oregon ESSENCE, assessing the health effects of wildfires in real … eligible Oregon emergency departments (EDs) reporting to ESSENCE. The Oregon ESSENCE team developed a wildfire …
  • Mass Gathering Surveillance: New ESSENCE Report and Collaboration Win Gold in OR

    Content Type: Abstract

    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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Streamling Syndromic Surveillance Submission on a Dime: Oregon’s Experience

    Content Type: Abstract

    In 2012, the Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD) took advantage of the opportunity created by Meaningful Use, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Incentive Program, to implement statewide syndromic surveillance. The Oregon… read more
    … The Oregon syndromic surveillance project, or Oregon ESSENCE, began accepting MUcompliant HL7 2.5.1 data in late …
  • Oregon Poison Center and Oregon Public Health Division Monitoring for the 2017 Solar Eclipse

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented November 31, 2017 by the Oregon Poison Center and Oregon Public Health Division Monitoring. Presenters: Sandy Giffin, RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd, MPH,… read more
    … RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd , MPH, ESSENCE Epidemiologist, Oregon Public Health Division View … RN, MS, Director, Oregon Poison Center Laurel Boyd , MPH, ESSENCE Epidemiologist, Oregon Public Health Division … …
  • Public Health Surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Analytic Fusion for Essential Indicators of the Opioid Epidemic

    Content Type: Abstract

    Unlike other health threats of recent concern for which widespread mortality was hypothetical, the high fatality burden of opioid overdose crisis is present, steadily growing, and affecting young and old, rural and urban, military and civilian… read more
    … are to implement best-performing fusion methods as an ESSENCE module for the benefit of OHA staff and other user … intended to enable practical situational awareness in the ESSENCE biosurveillance system to target response programs …
  • ED and poison center surveillance for the Great American Solar Eclipse in Oregon

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …