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Data Flow and Data Quality - NSSP New Site Onboarding Window (Fall 2020) Webinar #2
Content Type: Webinar
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Team hosted the 2nd webinar of its Fall 2020 New Site Onboarding Window on October 27, 2020. The webinar focuses on data ingestion into the NSSP BioSense Platform and data quality checks and… read more -
AMC and ESSENCE Orientation - NSSP New Site Onboarding Window (Fall 2020) Webinar #3
Content Type: Webinar
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) Team hosted the 3rd webinar of its Fall 2020 New Site Onboarding Window on November 16, 2020. The webinar orients viewers to the Access & Management Center (AMC),… read more -
Updated Jan 2022 - How to Use RStudio with ESSENCE API Guide
Content Type: Training
This RStudio API guide provides an overview of the ESSENCE APIs and how to access them through RStudio. We will begin with a very brief explanation of application programming interfaces (APIs), then list what APIs are available in ESSENCE, and… read more -
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 -
School absenteeism and emergency department ILI rates in King County, WA 2003–2009
Content Type: Abstract
Absenteeism is regarded as an expedient and responsive marker of illness activity. It has been used as a health outcome measure for a wide spectrum of exposures and as an early indicator of influenza outbreaks.1 A handful of studies have described… read more -
Spatial cluster detection in schools using school catchment information
Content Type: Abstract
The H1N1 outbreak in the spring of 2009 in NYC originated in a school in Queens before spreading to others nearby. Active surveillance established epidemiological links between students at the school and new cases at other schools through… read more -
Surveillance for acute respiratory infections: should we include all outpatient visits or focus on urgent care areas?
Content Type: Abstract
A comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) represents a rich source of information that can be harnessed for epidemic surveillance. At this time, however, we do not know how EMR-based data elements should be combined to improve the performance… read more -
The use of Craigslist posts for risk behavior and STI surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
The rise and associated risks of using the internet to find sexual partners among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been noted by many researchers.1,2 The anonymity and relative ease of finding partners on the internet has facilitated casual… read more