@article{Wiese_Atrubin_McDougle_Lewis_2014, title={Effectiveness of Using a Chief Complaint and Discharge Diagnosis Query in ESSENCE-FL to Identify Possible Tuberculosis Patients and Contacts in Hillsborough County, Florida}, volume={6}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/5080}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5080}, abstractNote={The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is a web-based application for use by epidemiologists within the Florida Department of Health and other public health professionals. In Hillsborough County, Florida a specific query has been developed to search for and identify possible tuberculosis patients and exposed contacts among the emergency department data in ESSENCE-FL. This study is designed to determine the usefulness of specific term-chief complaint and discharge diagnosis queries in identifying tuberculosis patients and exposed contacts}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Wiese, Michael and Atrubin, David and McDougle, Warren and Lewis, Jylmarie}, year={2014}, month={Mar.} }