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176483 Key elements for successfully implementing an online surveillance and reporting system

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Lauren M. DiBiase, MS , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Lindsay A. Tallon, MSPH , Harvard School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Allison M. Connolly, MA, MPH , North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, NC
Judy Owen-O'Dowd, BS , North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, NC
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the challenges and resource commitment needed to adequately prepare local health department staff to transition to an electronic surveillance and reporting system 2. Describe five key elements for successfully implementing an online surveillance system 3. Understand the role of partnerships between state and local health departments and an academic partner in implementation of an online surveillance system

Keywords: Surveillance, Technology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have a masters in epidemiology and am currently the Training Coordinator for NC EDSS and trained all local health department staff on how to use the system to report TB cases.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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