ESSENCE is a tool that provides public health officials with a timely system for detecting, understanding, and monitoring health events. It is now being used in Tennessee to track incidents of suicide-related behavior.

Electronic

Surveillance

System for the

Early

Notification of

Community-Based

Epidemics

Tennessee's ESSENCE system -- along with TSPN's role in alerting communities to spikes in suicides and suicidal behavior locally -- is featured as a case study by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center called, "Harnessing Near Real-Time Data for Effective Suicide Prevention Efforts."