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Maryland ESSENCE expansion to incorporate prescription medication data
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Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease outbreaks, suspicious patterns of illness, and public health emergencies. ESSENCE incorporates traditional and nontraditional health… read more… Maryland has a powerful syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE, which is used for the early detection of disease … the state were sending emergency department (ED) data to ESSENCE. DHMH began planning several years ago to increase … -
Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness
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Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more… for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all … Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) uses ESSENCE daily for the early detection of public health …