CSTE Webinar on State Innovations in Active Monitoring – 3/4/2015
Speakers: Dr. Laura Edison, Georgia Department of Public Health; Karl Soetebier, Georgia Department of Public Health; Stacey Hoferka, Illinois Department of Public Health; Jennifer Vahora, Illinois Department of Public Health
Objectives:
At the end of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Demonstrate how existing notifiable disease reporting systems can be adapted to accommodate Ebola active monitoring surveillance
- Understand the processes Georgia has developed, and how a novel Ebola active monitoring system to accommodate active monitoring was rapidly designed and implemented with limited human resources
- Describe the use of the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) for public health outbreak data management
- Discuss the technical and program aspects of implementing REDCap into public health surveillance and response activities
- Compare two web-based data management systems for use in active monitoring