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  • Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC

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    Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more
    … of these data to inform decision makers. The ESSENCE-FL system is an automated and secure web-based ap- …
  • Approach to Onboarding Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Into a Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Utility of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Identify Disease Outbreaks with Reportable Disease Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In light of recent communicable disease outbreaks, the ability of Florida Department of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using reportable disease data and algorithms originally… read more
    … of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using … and the de-identified case data are sent hourly to ESSENCE-FL. These data are then available for ad hoc …
  • Establishing a Federal and State Data Exchange Pilot for Public Health Situational Awareness

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    ASPR deploys clinical assets, including an EMR system, to the ground per state requests during planned and no-notice events. The analysis of patient data collected by deployed federal personnel is an integral part of ASPR and FDOH’s surveillance… read more
    … at the federal, state, and local levels. FDOH operates ESSENCE-FL, a multi-tiered, automated, and secure web-based … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) system during the 2012 Republican National …
  • Increased Seizure Activity in Florida Associated with Hurricane Irma, September 2017

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 state’s syndromic surveillance system, … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL), the state’s syndromic surveillance system, …