NSSP Update – November 2021

THE LANCET

Estimating the Early Impact of the US COVID-19 Vaccination Programme on COVID-19 Cases, Emergency Department Visits, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths among Adults Aged 65 Years and Older: An Ecological Analysis of National Surveillance Data

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

What’s new with ESSENCE?

Filters that Improve Timeliness and Visualizations  ▪  Word Alert Feature  ▪  Machine Learning  ▪  Use Cases for Lab Data  ▪  Categories for Calculating Race and Ethnicity

CDC Video Shows How to Use COVID Data Tracker

TECHNICAL UPDATES

New Lab Categories Available in ESSENCE  ▪  NSSP Can Help Move Facility Data Into Production  ▪  NSSP Resolves Issue with Two Syndromes

PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS

Development and Validation of a Syndrome Definition for Suspected Nonfatal Unintentional/Undetermined Intent Stimulant-Involved Overdoses

TECHNICAL TIPS AND TRAINING

RStudio Resources

Have you checked out NSSP’s RStudio resources lately? You can use ESSENCE application programming interfaces with the new Rnssp Package.

Developing Syndrome Definitions

NSSP works with health departments and CDC programs to develop and improve syndrome definitions. Also see the NSSP Community of Practice Knowledge Repository.

NSSP Participation Map,
Updated Quarterly

Monthly National-level Free-text ESSENCE Queries

Analysts can exercise a high level of customization by using free-text queries. They can quickly code free-text queries and rapidly respond to outbreaks, disasters, and health events that unfold. These word clouds capture free-text queries from a national perspective.