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  • Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOH- Hillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL… read more
    … Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is the syndromic surveillance system used by … of Health (FDOH). During the time of this study, ESSENCE-FL receives data from 210 of emergency departments …
  • Impact of Patient Self-Registration in Emergency Departments on Syndromic Surveillance Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health electronically receives hospital emergency department (ED) data from 180 EDs located in 54 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (… read more
    … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL). Florida EDs have begun to offer … registration smartphone applications and websites. ESSENCE-FL receives ED data from multiple hospitals that use …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Evaluation of Influenza Activity in At-Risk Sub-Populations

    Content Type: Abstract

    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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Using Syndromic Surveillance to Rapidly Describe the Early Epidemiology of Flakka Use in Florida, June 2014 – August 2015

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has historically been used to track infectious disease, but in recent years, many jurisdictions have utilized the systems to conduct all hazards surveillance and provide situational awareness with respect to previously… read more
    … understand the epidemiology and context of this problem. ESSENCE-FL is a large syndromic surveillance system, with … for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL)   Submitted by Magou on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 14:49 …
  • 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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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 …
  • Demographic Health Analysis by Incorporation of Census Data with Patient Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic disease surveillance canonically represents analysis performed on health records with respect to their syndromes, complaints, lab data, etc. This data can tell the story of a patient’s current status but does not provide a holistic look… read more
    … demographic data. Based upon these correlations, the ESSENCE system will be enhanced with new query filtering … demographic data. Based upon these correlations, the ESSENCE system will be enhanced with new query filtering …
  • Preparing Disease Surveillance Systems for ICD10

    Content Type: Abstract

    The compliance date for the ICD9-ICD10 transition is October 1, 2015. The hospitals have started the ICD9-ICD10 transition. However, not all data providers will transition the data at the same time. In order to facilitate some coherence to the data… read more
    … data processing functionalities have been developed in ESSENCE to allow usage of both classification systems … data processing functionalities have been developed in ESSENCE to allow usage of both classification systems …