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Extreme Weather Surveillance
Content Type: Use Case
Problem Summary Given the background of climate change, there is an increasing demand for public health to characterize weather-related illness. The public health impact of extreme heat or cold events can be characterized from Emergency… read more… syndromic surveillance data could come from Cook County’s ESSENCE system, which is well established and may be more … -
CDC All Drug v1
Content Type: Syndrome
THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC ALL DRUG V2 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. Purpose:… read more… Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected all drug overdose (,^[;/ … -
2018 NSSP CoP Member Satisfaction Assessment Results
Content Type: Report
The intent of the National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) is to support open and dynamic participation of any… read more… multiple options. • Infectious Disease (n=6) • BioSense/ESSENCE (n=6) • Data Reporting (n=6) • Injury Prevention … “There could be code developed that fills the gaps of ESSENCE (as a surveillance system) to complete analysis that … of the BioSense Platform, data reporting, and BioSense ESSENCE. ISDS recommends continuing to focus member … -
Syndromic Surveillance Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Data from Hospital and Ambulatory Settings: An Annotated Bibliography
Content Type: References
This annotated bibliography summarizes close to 50 articles on syndromic surveillance using EHR data from hospital and ambulatory settings. The bibliography is a valuable resource for both practitioners and researchers as they continue to assess the… read more… • Data source: Inpatient data from Veterans Affairs ESSENCE system (all VA acute care hospitals) • Objectives of project: To determine how VA ESSENCE inpatient data can be utilized for biosurveillance • … Summary: • Data source: Department of Defense ESSENCE medical information systems, pulling records from … -
Using R Shiny to Share Surveillance Data
Content Type: Webinar
Presented November 21, 2017. This presentation covers how the shiny package can complement traditional surveillance reporting through online, interactive applications. Kelley demonstrates a shiny application Cook County is currently… read more… with flu Cook County Department of Public Health Local ESSENCE instance 5 Traditional Reporting Data stored in … -
CDC All Drug Overdose v2
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected overdoses of any drug. How it was developed: CDC… read more… Exclusions Chief complaint Exclude See list below in ESSENCE code Table 2. ESSENCE query for suspected all drug overdose (version 2) … -
Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts
Content Type: Webinar
On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more… Regional Implementations n Miami-Dade County Region (ESSENCE) n Hillsborough County Region (STARS) n Duval … workgroup n Invested resources in 2006 n Implemented ESSENCE in summer of 2007 n As of 5/2009: 109 hospitals … -
Obtainable and Sustainable: Open Source Solutions for the Future of Public Health
Content Type: Webinar
Public health can harness the power of increasingly available health population data to improve practice and effectively allocate resources to areas of need. The driving forces of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Meaningful Use are changing… read more… Source for Public Health SAGES: an Open Source version of ESSENCE helps countries globally track disease Johns Hopkins …

