NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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Question
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Case surveillance systems have been the focus of most public health surveillance.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Surveillance Case Definitions for Current and Historical Conditions. A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance. Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Infectious disease surveillance concurrently involves the health care delivery system, the public health laboratory, and epidemiologists. Each of these sectors contributes to the four basic components of surveillance, which are (1) collection, (2) analysis, (3) dissemination, and (4) response.
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