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TreeScan is a diagnosis agnostic software package that uses ESSENCE data to scan ICD-10 codes for abnormalities. EpiENGAGE started working with a pilot group that includes the following locations: Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Chicago, New Jersey, Kansas, and Massachusetts in February. These groups have begun implementation with TreeScan installed and using their own data. EpiENGAGE recently…

EpiENGAGE is leading efforts to disseminate and support implementation of TreeScan technology for asyndromic surveillance to public health partners at World Cup sites TreeScan technology is a method of daily disease surveillance that can detect abnormal disease clusters. We are building shared training, workflows, and a community of practice to enable multi-site implementation of this…

The Flu MetroCast Hub, led by epiENGAGE, is a collaborative modeling project that collects and shares weekly probabilistic forecasts of influenza activity at the metropolitan level in the United States. The Hub includes forecasts for percentage of emergency department visits due to influenza for about 60 health service areas where data from the National Syndromic…

EpiENGAGE, with the UT Center for Health Communication, has released a free, online training video series, “How to Think Like a Modeler.” This first in a series of courses introduces modeling to a general audience and is especially targeted to public health practitioners.