Title Tests to evaluate public health disease reporting systems in local public health agencies / David J. Dausey [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security, 2005.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 87 pages) : illustrations.
	data file rda
Series	Technical report
	Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Note	"Prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction -- Testing public health disease reporting systems -- Planning a test -- Training to conduct a test -- Conducting a test -- Assessing test performance -- Establishing a regular system of testing -- Appendix A. Terminology -- Appendix B. Training session 1 materials -- Appendix C. Training session 2 materials -- Appendix D. Answers to knowledge assessments -- Appendix E. Testing template materials -- Appendix F. Sample data collection materials -- Appendix G. CDC performance criteria for public health disease reporting systems operating 24/7 -- Appendix H. Frequently asked questions -- Appendix I. Sample after-action report.
Summary	Despite the importance of public health disease reporting systems in an age of increasing globalization, few standardized tools have been developed to help public health agencies evaluate their effectiveness. This operations manual provides public health agencies with a set of standardized proficiency tests to aid in the development of regular and consistent strategies for testing the ability of public health disease reporting systems to receive and respond to case reports 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The manual serves as a guidebook for planning a test and as a training and reference manual for individuals conducting a test; provides tools and templates necessary to conduct the tests; and provides benchmarks to evaluate testing performance. The goal of these tests is to assess whether a local public health agency has sufficient proficiency to respond to public health disease reports as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The tests are intended to be used over time to regularly monitor and improve performance of public health disease reporting systems.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Diseases -- Reporting.
	Public health -- Information services.
	Disease Notification.
	Local Government.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
	MEDICAL -- Public Health.
	MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
	MEDICAL -- Diseases.
	MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
	Diseases -- Reporting. (OCoLC)fst00895190
	Public health -- Information services. (OCoLC)fst01082271
Genre/Form	Evaluation Studies.
Added Author	Dausey, David J.
Other Form:	Print version: Tests to evaluate public health disease reporting systems in local public health agencies. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security, 2005 (DLC) 2005019300
ISBN	9780833041135 (electronic bk.)
	0833041134 (electronic bk.)
	0833038273 (paperback;) (alk. paper)
Report No.	RAND/TR-260-DHHS

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