Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Introduction This capability includes activities related to surveillance and detection of public health threats; conducting and documenting epidemiological investigations; and the recommendation or implementation of public health control measures. Case reporting is a prerequisite for an effective public health system and is an essential component of public health emergency preparedness. Timely reporting permits public health agencies to initiate investigations and recommend interventions, thereby protecting the health of the community. Conducting and documenting investigations with complete reports enables public health agencies to improve the quality of these investigations by ensuring that the incident is appropriately characterized, and that results and recommendations are documented and shared with decision makers.
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Introduction <.. image(Field Investigation Public Domain Image 6377 from xxxx://xxxx.xxx.xxx) removed ..> This capability includes activities related to surveillance and detection of public health threats; conducting and documenting epidemiological investigations; and the recommendation or implementation of public health control measures. Case reporting is a prerequisite for an effective public health system and is an essential component of public health emergency preparedness. Timely reporting permits public health agencies to initiate investigations and recommend interventions, thereby protecting the health of the community. Conducting and documenting investigations with complete reports enables public health agencies to improve the quality of these investigations by ensuring that the incident is appropriately characterized, and that results and recommendations are documented and shared with decision makers. Capability Functions This capability consists of the ability to perform the following functions:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. PHEP 13.1: Disease Reporting Proportion of reports of selected reportable diseases received by a public health agency within the awardee-required timeframe Measure Applies To: Circumstances for Reporting: Data May Be Taken From: Other Considerations: States Annual Reporting □ Incident □ Optional Directly Funded Localities: Excludes Chicago and Los Angeles County □ If PHEP Funds Allocated to the Capability or Contracts Plan □ Exercise □ Accountability □ Territories or Freely Associated States □ If Emergency Response Required Use of this Capability, Regardless of Funding □ Planned Event □ Data Collected By How is the measure calculated? Numerator: Number of reports of selected reportable disease received by a public health agency within the awardee-required timeframe Denominator: Number of reports of selected reportable disease received by a public health agency Why is this measure important? Case reporting of reportable diseases is a prerequisite for an effective public health system. Timely reporting permits public health agencies to initiate investigations and recommend meaningful interventions, thereby protecting the health of individuals as well as the broader community. The immediate intent of this performance measure is to capture the extent to which specific diseases of local and national public health significance are first reported to any level of the public health system (e.g., local, state, regional, county) from reporting entities (e.g., hospitals, labs, providers) within awardee- required timeframes. The broader programmatic aim of this performance measure is to improve the timeliness of disease reporting by providers, hospitals, and laboratories to public health agencies as part of systematic program and process improvement for health department surveillance programs.
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. 1. The Grantee shall identify and investigate all known cases of reportable diseases as identified in 28 Pa Code Ch. 27 (relating to Communicable and Non- Communicable diseases) as required, throughout the grant year and report to the Department per the timelines established in 28 Pa Code Ch. 27.
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Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Exercise 3: A regionally-based workshop sponsored by MDPH to develop a regionally-based Medical Countermeasures (MCM) plan to complement local emergency dispensing through identification of medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing strategies at the regional, or ‘whole community’ level. PHEP Capability 8: Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Following receipt of response metrics, submit updates to HHAN list contact information. Regional Coordinator will share response results with Region/coalition. Identification of Coalition participants. Coordinate follow up actions. Identification of Coalition participants. Coordinate follow up actions. Identification of Coalition participants. Coordinate follow up actions. September 30, 2015 December 31, 2015 March 31, 2016 June 30, 2016 December 31, 2015 December 31, 2015 February 28, 2016
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. If participating in MAVEN, no documentation required. State lab sends quarterly reports on LBOH participation to OPEM. If not participating, must explain reasons for non- participation and document MDPH approval of alternate means used to share epidemiological data. June 30, 2016
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Category A agents: Category A agents can create situations that significantly impact community health. Most require broad public health preparedness efforts, such as enhanced surveillance and rapid public health response, particularly if used intentionally or found to be widespread. For this performance measure, awardees should report only for botulism and tularemia. Date of diagnosis – presumptive/clinical: Selection of this case event date type presumes awardees (and LHDs) have or will have a standardized process and defined data field in place in their surveillance system(s) to capture this information. Awardees that have a generic date of diagnosis field on their case report forms or in their electronic disease surveillance systems should be sure they have clearly defined whether this field refers to presumptive/clinical or lab- confirmed diagnosis. Please see definitions section for more information.
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Function 1: Conduct public health surveillance and detection Task 1: LPHA shall develop, incorporate, review and maintain within its public health emergency procedures the following: - receiving reports from laboratories and providers; - active disease surveillance; - receiving reports of and responding to public health emergencies ( including food and water) twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week; Performance Measure 13.1: Document reports received by public health agency within the jurisdiction’s required time frame for a public health emergency.
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation. Definition: Public health surveillance and epidemiological investigation is the ability to create, maintain, support, and strengthen routine surveillance and detection systems and epidemiological investigation processes. It also includes the ability to expand these systems and processes in response to incidents of public health significance. Function 1: Conduct or support public health surveillance Function Definition: Conduct or support ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and management of public health-related data to effectively detect, verify, characterize, and manage a threat, hazard, risk, or incident of public health concern throughout and following an incident. Measure 1: Proportion of reports of selected reportable diseases received by a public health agency within the jurisdiction-required time frame P1: (Priority) Written plans should document the legal and procedural frameworks for jurisdiction personnel involved in surveillance and epidemiology to support mandated and voluntary information exchange with a wide variety of community partners and stakeholders, including tribal communities and populations at risk to be disproportionately impacted by the incident. P2: (Priority) Written plans should include procedures in place to gather and analyze data on a broad range of health indicators, such as indicators identified in novel or emerging public health threats, case definitions, and World Health Organization (WHO) public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) declaration. P3: (Priority) Written plans should include procedures specific to public health surveillance in place to access and share health-related information while following jurisdictional requirements and federal laws for protecting personal health information and personally identifiable information, such as institutional security and confidentiality policies. policies. P4: (Priority) Written plans should include procedures in place for the jurisdictional public health agency to access, collect, analyze, interpret, and respond to reports of potential public health threats or incidents. P5: (Priority) Xxxxxx plans should include procedures to regularly update and verify list(s) of identified stakeholders who will share, receive, and distribute surveillance reports. P6: (Priority) Written plans should include procedures in place to notify CDC of cases of diseases or conditions included in the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS). Proc...
