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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 … -
Another Type of Cluster Monitoring: Detection of Groups of Anomalous Patient Residence Locations
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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) uses the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics to detect disease outbreaks and other health-related events earlier than other forms of surveillance. Although… read more… for the Early Notification of Community- based Epidemics (ESSENCE) to detect disease outbreaks and other … Health Care System*Baltimore Medical Center. Using ESSENCE, daily counts of ICD-9 codes related to influenza …