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CDC’s Surveillance Strategy Publications
CDC’s Surveillance Strategy is a call to action to improve the needed infrastructure to modernize public health surveillance systems. The Office of Public Health Scientific Services is leading this work, beginning with the creation of a Strategic Plan, overseen by an agency-wide leadership board. Learn more about the strategy by reading resources below.
NOW ONLINE! Syndromic Surveillance: The Value of Real-time Data for Public Health Action
A newly published supplemental issue of Public Health Reports advances the science and practice of syndromic surveillance. This compilation of 18+ articles promotes the value of syndromic surveillance under different circumstances—from all-hazards surveillance to targeted characterization of health events and surveillance of mass gatherings.
Learn how telephone triage is being used for influenza surveillance, how syndromic surveillance is being used to monitor drug-related issues, respond to opioid and heroin overdose, evaluate reporting of potential rabies exposure, and more. Get lessons learned and practical advice from experts who are using syndromic surveillance in innovative ways now. Plus, get a glimpse into the future by learning how syndromic surveillance is used internationally and by reading the Research Agenda for syndromic surveillance.
Select CDC Publications
- Syndromic Surveillance: The Value of Real-time Data for Public Health Action. Public Health Reports Volume 132, Issue 1_suppl, July/August 2017
- Richards CL, Iademarco MF, Atkinson D, Pinner RW, Yoon P, Mac Kenzie WR, Lee B, Qualters JR, Frieden TR. Advances in Public Health Surveillance and Information Dissemination at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public Health Reports First Published June 13, 2017
- Spencer MR, Ahmad F. Timeliness of Death Certificate Data for Mortality Surveillance and Provisional Estimates. Vital Statistics Rapid Release Special Report. Report No. 001, December 2016.
- Mac Kenzie WR, Davidson AJ, Wiesenthal A, et al. The Promise of Electronic Case Reporting. Public Health Reports 2016:131;742-746. PDF Available
- Richards, CL, Lee, B. CDC Surveillance Strategy – A Strategy for Improving CDC Activities in Public Health Surveillance, Online J Public Health Inform. 2015; 7(1): e49. PDF Available
- Update on Progress in Electronic Reporting of Laboratory Results to Public Health Agencies — United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 3; 64(12): 328-330. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [PDF – page 16]
- Richards CL, Iademarco MF, Anderson TC. A New Strategy for Public Health Surveillance at CDC: Improving National Surveillance Activities and Outcomes. Public Health Reports / November–December 2014; 129(6):472-476. PDF Available
- CDC Surveillance Strategy, 2014 – PDF
Additional Resources for CDC’s Surveillance Strategy
Key Websites and Links
- Surveillance Strategy Website
- Surveillance Data Platform (SDP) with Shared Services Website
- CDC Health Information Innovation Consortium (CHIIC) Website
- Toolkit for Planning an EHR-based Surveillance Program Website
- Meaningful Use – Public Health EHR Vendors Collaborative Website
- Electronic Laboratory Reporting Website
- National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) Modernization Initiative Website
- YouTube: CDC – National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) Modernization Initiative
Conferences, Presentations and Abstracts
- June, 2017: Modernizing CDC Informatics Using Surveillance Data Platform Shared Services: DoD/VA and Government Health IT Summit , ”Coordinating a Connected Health IT Environment for Military and Government”
- May, 2017: Public Health Data: A Conversation with Brian Lee, Business of Government Hour, Radio
- October, 2016–Abstract 2: Evaluating the Surveillance-Related Programs and Workforce of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- August, 2016 – Public Health Informatics Conference – D2 – Using the EHR Toolkit and the CDC Surveillance Strategy to Improve Surveillance Capabilities: Lessons from Houston and San Diego
- August, 2016 – Public Health Informatics Conference – C1 – A Tale of Two CDC Surveillance Initiatives to Advance Public Health
- August, 2016 – CDC’s Surveillance Data Platform and Shared Services Initiative
- November, 2015 – Abstract 2: How to Build a Research Evaluation Team in the Era of Big Data
- October, 2015 – CDC Open Data Hackathon and Overview
- Fall, 2015 – Using Data Resources to Build a Stronger Infrastructure in Health, 9th Annual Health 2.0 Conference
- June, 2015 – Online Toolkit to Support EHR-Based Surveillance Program Planning
- March, 2015 – Understanding Death Can Improve Health – Making Mortality Reporting More Timely and Useful. More >>
- January, 2015 – CDC Surveillance Strategy: Improving Data Collection and Use in CDC Public Health Surveillance
Multimedia: Conversations with CDC Surveillance Experts
Conversations on Public Health Surveillance
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH and Jason Bonander – January, 2017
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Lesliann Helmus, MS, CHTS-CP – January, 2017
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Nancy Cornish, MD – January, 2017
- Conversations on PHS with John Beltrami, MD, MPH&TM, FACPM and Violanda Grigorescu, MD, MSPH – January, 2017
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Paula Braun – January, 2017
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Michael F. Lademarco, MD, MPH – August, 2016
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Robert W. Pinner, MD – August, 2016
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Michael A. Coletta, MPH – August, 2016
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Hillard Weinstock, MD, MPH – August, 2016
- Conversations on Public Health Surveillance with Katie Fullerton, MPH – August, 2016
Public Health Scientific Services Resources
The office works across CDC to foster collaboration and lead cross-cutting priorities. In many instances we begin projects in tandem with other offices that are later led by other parts of CDC. Learn more about us and some of our innovative projects.
Our Centers
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
Our Budget
Rural Health Initiative
Data Visualization
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Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Website
- Media Statement: Drawing Actionable Insights from Data
- Press Release: CDC Museum to Host Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibition
- Program Flyer: Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Kickoff
- YouTube, Inaugural Lecture, “Data Visualizations – Drawing Actionable Insights from Data” Date: Feb. 4, 2016
- YouTube, Scientific Symposium, ““Seeing for Action – Using Maps and Graphs to Protect the Public’s Health” Date: Feb. 5, 2016”
- Integrated Surveillance Portal is an interactive resource for CDC and the public to discover and explore CDC’s surveillance systems, programs, registries, health surveys, and tools. The portal contains descriptive information about these resources and describes the relationships between them. NOTE: Data in the system is incomplete and not fully validated.
- Page last reviewed: August 7, 2017
- Page last updated: August 7, 2017
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