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Effectiveness of Using a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis Query in ESSENCE-FL to Identify Possible Tuberculosis Patients and Contacts in Hillsborough County, Florida
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The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is a web-based application for use by public health professionals within the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). The main source of… read more… Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is a web-based application for use by public … Department of Health (FDOH). The main source of data for ESSENCE-FL is emergency department (ED) data. Ten hospitals … -
Approach to Onboarding Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Into a Syndromic Surveillance System
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Syndromic surveillance has become an integral component of public health surveillance efforts within the state of Florida. The near real-time nature of these data are critical during events such as the Zika virus outbreak in Florida in 2016 and in… read more… typically utilize emergency department (ED) visit data, ESSENCE-FL also includes data from non-traditional sources: … in order to address public health needs. Currently, the ESSENCE-FL team is actively working to incorporate EMS data … -
Assessing Best Practices for Grouping and Analyzing Urgent Care Center (UCC) and Emergency Department (ED) Data Sources within Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) electronically receives both urgent care center (UCC) data and hospital emergency department (ED) data from health care facilities in 43 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL). Each submitted record is assigned to one of eleven ESSENCE Syndrome categories based on parsing of chief … -
Utilizing Syndromic Surveillance for Hurricane Irma-Related CO Poisonings in Florida
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On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida. Over 90% of Florida counties reported power outages as of September 11. During power outages, CO poisonings often occur due to indoor use of fuel combustion sources (e.g., cooking,… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) to find cases of CO poisoning. ESSENCE-FL provides access to ED data from 98% (255 out of … -
Increased Seizure Activity in Florida Associated with Hurricane Irma, September 2017
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On September 10, 2017, Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane and subsequently tracked up the west side of the state. Due to the size of the storm, it impacted nearly all of Florida. The Electronic Surveillance System for… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), the stateâÂÂs syndromic surveillance system, … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), the stateâÂÂs syndromic surveillance system, …