NSSP Update – February 2022
A Technical Newsletter for the NSSP Community of Practice | February 2022
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program issues NSSP Update monthly to share the latest Community of Practice activities, technical and program updates, and ways in which syndromic surveillance is improving public health.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Community Welcomes New Members
To start 2022 right, we invited analysts, epidemiologists, and others to join our highly engaged NSSP Community of Practice.
TECHNICAL TIPS AND TRAINING
NSSP Updates RStudio Resources
Updates to How to Use RStudio with NSSP-ESSENCE Application Programming Interfaces have been posted. Now you can pull values of query fields (for example, ESSENCE syndrome definitions) and word alerts.
HOW NSSP WORKS ACROSS CDC
DATA MODERNIZATION IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
Improving Surveillance Systems
CDC’s Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services promotes scalable, sustainable surveillance systems.
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.
February 15 | NSSP Vendor Patches (Testing and Development); 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
February 17 | NSSP Vendor Patches (Onboarding and Production); 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
February 23 | NSSP Community of Practice Call (Monthly); 12:00–1:30 PM ET NEW TIME |
February 24 | NSSP ESSENCE User Group; 3:00–4:00 PM ET |
March 2 | Syndromic Definition Subcommittee Call (Monthly); 1:00–2:00 PM ET |
March 4 | Syndromic Surveillance and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Subcommittee Call (Monthly); 2:00–2:45 PM ET |
March 8 | NSSP R User Group Call; 2:00–3:00 PM ET |
March 11 | Data Quality Subcommittee Call (Monthly); 12:00–1:00 PM ET |
March 15 | NSSP Vendor Patches (Testing and Development); 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
March 17 | NSSP Vendor Patches (Onboarding and Production); 12:00–8:00 AM ET |
March 23 | NSSP Community of Practice Call (Monthly); 12:00–1:30 PM ET NEW TIME |
March 24 | NSSP ESSENCE User Group; 3:00–4:00 PM ET |
June 19-23 | CSTE 2022 Annual Conference; Louisville, Kentucky |
View more calendar details at the NSSP Community of Practice.