NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HEALTH INFORMATICS
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Question
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Sydromic surveillance systems cannot be used to track longitudinal data and monitor disease trends.
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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: -Definition of Syndromic Surveillance Unlike traditional surveillance, which uses actual diagnoses as indicators of disease, syndromic surveillance uses symptoms for clinical data, presumed symptoms for non-clinical data, and status of “present” or “absent” for absenteeism analysis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Syndromic surveillance serves as an early alert for health events by tracking symptoms such as respiratory distress, fever, and vomiting-before a diagnosis is confirmed. Emergency departments and other sources send this information as electronic messages to public health agencies.
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