title: Design and implementation of a national public health surveillance system in Jordan.
abstract: Understanding and improving the health status of communities depend on effective public health surveillance. Adoption of new technologies, standardised case definitions and clinical guidelines for accurate diagnosis, and access to timely and reliable data, remains a challenge for public health surveillance systems however and existing public health surveillance systems are often fragmented, disease specific, inconsistent and of poor quality. We describe the application of an enterprise architecture approach to the design, planning and implementation of a national public health surveillance system in Jordan. This enabled a well planned and collaboratively supported system to be built and implemented using consistent standards for data collection, management, reporting and use. The system is case-based and integrated and employs mobile information technology to aid collection of real-time, standardised data to inform and improve decision-making at different levels of the health system.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jordan.
authors.forename: Sami Adel
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sheikhali
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jordan.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdallat
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jordan.
authors.forename: Sultan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mabdalla
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jordan.
authors.forename: Bashir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Al Qaseer
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jordan.
authors.forename: Rania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khorma
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mamunur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Profili
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Amman, Jordan; University of Durham, UK.
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rø
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Amman, Jordan. Electronic address: john.haskew@gmail.com.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haskew
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D062486:Public Health Surveillance / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Clinical diagnostic algorithms; Information and communication technology; International classification of disease; Public health surveillance