A report from the CDC Working Group supplements previous guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems. The framework is designed to support assessment of all surveillance approaches to early detection, including traditional disease reporting and syndromic surveillance. It was authored by James W. Buehler of Emory University.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking surveillance system performance based on the described evaluation framework.
- Assessing timeliness and validity for outbreak detection as directed by the framework.
- Comparing different surveillance approaches, such as traditional reporting versus syndromic surveillance, using the standardized methodology.
Strengths
- Framework provides a standardized evaluation methodology for surveillance systems.
- Directs particular attention to measuring timeliness and validity for outbreak detection.
- Intended to improve decision-making regarding the implementation of surveillance.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- James W. Buehler, Emory University
- Collection Method
- Report and recommendations from the CDC Working Group.