AZ BioSense Community of Practice

The mission of the Arizona BioSense Workgroup is to work collaboratively as partners to build capacity and quality of BioSense syndromic surveillance in Arizona. Our vision is to improve population health and emergency response through the use of timely and effective syndromic surveillance. This space is a platform for our members to continue discussions and share cross-role topics and questions from providing the data to using syndromic data (clinician/IT/public health).

Document SS Quick Guide for Arizona Users

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This quick guide was developed by ADHS for Arizona users of the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE. It includes the following topics: 

  • What is Syndromic Surveillance?
  • The ADHS Syndromic team
  • The National Syndromic team
  • Arizona Examples of Syndromic use
  • Other State Examples of Syndromic use
  • CDC Examples of Syndromic use
  • Syndromic Limitations and Considerations
  • Arizona Syndromic Meetings
  • New Syndromic Surveillance User Checklist
  • Common SS Links
  • R Studio Resources
  • SAS Studio Resources
  • ESSENCE API
  • ESSENCE Training Videos from JHUAPL
  • BioSense Platform Data Flow Videos & PDFs
  • Arizona Syndromic Surveillance Facilities
  • Glossary of terms
  • ESSENCE vs. HDD
  • What Questions Can Different ADHS Systems Answer?