TEMPLATE FOR WEEK 11 / Assignment 11
NAME: _____________ DATE: ___________
University of Maryland Global Campus
HIMS 661 9040 Health Data Management (2255)
Assignment WEEK 11: Answer the 9 questions listed below (see next page): PH Surveillance
COMPLETE TEMPLATE BELOW:
WEEK 11 NAME: _____________ DATE: __________
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING NINE (9) questions on PH SURVEILLANCE.
Public Health Surveillance is a process for the systematic collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, and dissemination of information to
the public. In the US, this function is entrusted to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which maintains internet sites for public
information, such as information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Locate a CDC site that contains a database of COVID-19 surveillance and
answer the following questions:
1. How was surveillance used Surveillance was applied during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor infections, compliance with
during COVID-19 pandemic?
lockdowns, and quarantine. Contact tracing applications, thermal cameras, drone surveillance, and data
analytics were used by governments and health authorities to control outbreaks, frequently becoming a
source of privacy concerns since many people were being monitored and their data was collected.
, 2. What tools were used to collect, The CDC used a better package of tools to control the COVID-19 surveillance information. The
analyze, interpret, and decimate
COVID-19-related data and COVID Data Tracker was based on the most advanced data analytics tools to gather and make meaning
information?
of the data, and summarized data on various sources into easy visualizations. The environment was
monitored by means of the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to identify the
occurrence of viruses in wastewater, which anticipated the community transmission early on (Adams et
al., 2024). Interactive maps were driven using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and analysis
trend was done using statistical software.
3.Why did the choice fall on these The selection of such tools was based on the possibility to work with large data sets, possess
tools?
scalability, and real time information. To exemplify, wastewater surveillance was chosen due to its
non-invasive character and the possibility of identifying the spreading of the virus even prior to the
increase of the clinical cases, which will become a prospective tool of early response.
4.What COVID-19-related data was CDC gathered a wide range of information with regard to the COVID-19 disease, the cases, the
collected and how was it used?
hospitalization, the death rate, the coverage of the vaccines, and the genomic surveillance of the virus
variations. Other demography data including age, race, and ethnicity were also collected to establish
NAME: _____________ DATE: ___________
University of Maryland Global Campus
HIMS 661 9040 Health Data Management (2255)
Assignment WEEK 11: Answer the 9 questions listed below (see next page): PH Surveillance
COMPLETE TEMPLATE BELOW:
WEEK 11 NAME: _____________ DATE: __________
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING NINE (9) questions on PH SURVEILLANCE.
Public Health Surveillance is a process for the systematic collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, and dissemination of information to
the public. In the US, this function is entrusted to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which maintains internet sites for public
information, such as information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Locate a CDC site that contains a database of COVID-19 surveillance and
answer the following questions:
1. How was surveillance used Surveillance was applied during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor infections, compliance with
during COVID-19 pandemic?
lockdowns, and quarantine. Contact tracing applications, thermal cameras, drone surveillance, and data
analytics were used by governments and health authorities to control outbreaks, frequently becoming a
source of privacy concerns since many people were being monitored and their data was collected.
, 2. What tools were used to collect, The CDC used a better package of tools to control the COVID-19 surveillance information. The
analyze, interpret, and decimate
COVID-19-related data and COVID Data Tracker was based on the most advanced data analytics tools to gather and make meaning
information?
of the data, and summarized data on various sources into easy visualizations. The environment was
monitored by means of the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to identify the
occurrence of viruses in wastewater, which anticipated the community transmission early on (Adams et
al., 2024). Interactive maps were driven using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and analysis
trend was done using statistical software.
3.Why did the choice fall on these The selection of such tools was based on the possibility to work with large data sets, possess
tools?
scalability, and real time information. To exemplify, wastewater surveillance was chosen due to its
non-invasive character and the possibility of identifying the spreading of the virus even prior to the
increase of the clinical cases, which will become a prospective tool of early response.
4.What COVID-19-related data was CDC gathered a wide range of information with regard to the COVID-19 disease, the cases, the
collected and how was it used?
hospitalization, the death rate, the coverage of the vaccines, and the genomic surveillance of the virus
variations. Other demography data including age, race, and ethnicity were also collected to establish
