Oregon ESSENCE provides real-time data for public health and hospitals to monitor what is happening in emergency departments across the state before, during and after a public health emergency. Oregon ESSENCE is a fully-automated syndromic surveillance system, so hospitals will not be burdened with additional reporting requirements. Hospital users and public health personnel will have a window into the health consequences of emergencies and planned events. Development of Oregon ESSENCE is a collaboration between the Oregon Public Health Division and Johns Hopkins University.
OPHD is partnering with Oregon emergency departments and urgent care facilities to build automated, secure reporting capabilities into ESSENCE. Oregon is adopting the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) recommended standards for submission of meaningful use syndromic surveillance data for ESSENCE. Please see the ESSENCE Fact Sheet and the Data Elements Fact Sheet for the requested data elements. If you are interested in participating in this program or have any questions, please contact us for more information.
Syndromic Surveillance and Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record Systems
Electronic submission of syndromic surveillance data is one of the public health objectives that hospitals in Oregon can choose in Stage 1 of meaningful use. For more information about meaningful use, please contact PHII.MU@state.or.us or visit the Public Health Informatics Initiative's Meaningful Use page.
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