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MERS PUI Surveillance and Restrospective Identification in ESSENCE-FL, 2013-2015
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Human MERS-CoV was first reported in September 2012. Globally, all reported cases have been linked through travel to or residence in the Arabian Peninsula with the exception of cases associated with an outbreak involving multiple health care… read more… regularly querying ED and UCC chief complaint data in ESSENCE-FL. ESSENCE-FL currently captures data from 265 EDs and UCCs … -
Syndromic Surveillance Evaluation of Influenza Activity in At-Risk Sub-Populations
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Near real-time emergency department chief complaint data is accessed through Florida’s syndromic surveillance system: Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Communitybased Epidemics-Florida (ESSENCE-FL). The Florida Department… read more… Early Notification of Communitybased Epidemics-Florida (ESSENCE-FL). The Florida Department of Health relies heavily … the complete AHCA hospital discharge data to the ESSENCE-FL ILI syndrome and Influenza sub-syndrome) have … -
Characterizing Fentanyl-Associated Mortality using the Literal Causes of Death
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In October 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released health advisory #384 to inform people about increases in fentanyl fatalities. Florida’s statewide syndromic surveillance system, Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), captures electronic death record data in near … of death and detail the factors that led to the death. ESSENCE-FL has the benefit of not only receiving death … -
Monitoring Respiratory Syncytial Virus Regionally In Children Aged < 5 Years Old Using Emergency Department and Urgent Care Center Chief Complaint Data in Florida’s Syndromic Surveillance System, Week 1, 2010 - Week 32, 2014
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National studies estimate that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for one in 38 emergency department (ED) visits for children < 5 years old. The Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists position statement (13-ID-07): “RSV-… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics [ESSENCE-FL]) was capable of monitoring Florida’s statewide … RSV seasonality. This analysis aims to determine if ESSENCE-FL can also be used to describe RSV and …