Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) (Tri-Service)
Abstract
ESSENCE is the global, MHS monitoring capability for the early detection of health threats to force readiness. The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), the Service-specific public health centers, and Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) worldwide use ESSENCE on a daily basis to monitor the health status of the Military Health System (MHS) population in a time of concerns about possible biomedical terrorist attack and naturally occurring emerging infections. ESSENCE monitors the direct care MHS population, containing data on over 9 million lives. ESSENCE facilitates recognition and investigation of Tri-Service Reportable Medical Events and permits access to aggregate data and individual data to analyze the epidemiologic characteristics of health events of interest for Medical situational awareness. This initiative is a split investment from the original Executive Information/Decision Support (EI/DS) initiative for reporting purposes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 480A_0605013DHA_2_0130_PB_2019