Essays on Surveillance System

Introduction

The security of correctional staff is one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. prison department due to the risks present in such settings. The safety of the officers on duty can be improved using the relevant technologies and systems as they make them flexible and their work easier. This essay examines the security issues affecting corrections human resources and proposes the Internet Protocol (IP) video surveillance system as one of the best strategies that can be used by prison administrators to deal with such threats.

Security of Correctional Officers

According to the research that was conducted by the Sentencing Project (2015), over ...

Developing a Surveillance and Monitoring Program

What action can you take when an outbreak is reported close to home? Background SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the SARS Coronavirus. Coronaviruses are mostly found in poultry with only a few strains hosted by humans. In the past, Coronaviruses only caused mild flu infections. However, in recent years, the coronaviruses SARS and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) have been associated with causal problems for acute respiratory conditions. Further scientific reports have shown that SARS Coronavirus is a new mutant strain origination from animal hosts (Chan & Chan, 2013).

Symptoms

SARS symptoms include ...

Capstone Project of a Community Surveillance System in Kentucky: Evaluation of the Community Surveillance System and the HealthSIS system (Emergint technology Inc.) used in the Northern Kentucky Health Department and St. Elizabeth Hospital

Abstract . 4

Surveillance Systems Overview 5 Disease Surveillance: Responsibilities and Procedures . 6 Project Goals .. 8 Emergint, Inc. (HealthSIS) .. 9 Monthly Log .. 11 Emergent: Health Department and St. Elizabeth Interface .. 12

Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 13

Questions Regarding Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital . 14

Performance Issues at the Kentucky Department of Health 15

Possible Solutions for Performance Issues .. 16

Using DCTS Computer Software 18

Conclusion and Recommendations .. 19

Works Cited 21

Appendix A .. 22 Abstract The surveillance systems for hospitals are crucial ...

(Case Study Report)

Part 1

Question 1. A. What are the key steps of the investigation of an outbreak? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, epidemiologists follow a systematic approach in order to pull off a “quick and clean” outbreak investigation (CDC, 2012). The following procedure includes the ideal system in carrying out an outbreak investigation: (1) field work preparation, (2) confirm the existence of the reported outbreak, (3) vet the current diagnosis, (4) conduct a working definition of the case, (5) start recording individual cases, (6) apply descriptive epidemiology, (7) construct a hypothesis, (8) verify the hypothesis, ( ...

In the present world, information technology continues to play an important role in health-care decisions, training, and public health informatics and especially among health practitioners who work directly to serve members of the public. The health and the well-being of Canadian citizens is particularly vital and is best dealt with by understanding the determinants of the disease, how it spreads from one Canadian to another and from community to community. As Flicker et al. (2004) observes, a man’s ill health and health status of the society is affected by environmental factors and lifestyle. This assignment is an examination ...

Introduction

The constant development in almost every aspect of the society has led to a lot of new inventions, needs, and growing trends. With growing population all around the world, new businesses have been formed while the existing business has grown. Security issues have also been in the spotlight with different incidences and threat on different aspect demanding for an improved security system (Wilson, & McCreight, 2012). There has always been the need to advance security measure throughout history as security issues are prone to societal changes and advancement of technology and know-how. Currently, most security measures that were being used ...

Homelessness is one of the very serious problems because it is constantly replenished the ranks of the homeless people today: they are troubled teens, graduates of boarding schools; migrant workers; veterans, people survived the crisis. The authors believe that homelessness leads to stress, mental disorders and substance abuse, especially alcohol, although this may be due to homelessness. Social exclusion is a strong negative factor, weighting personal and behavioral disorders in the homeless, especially for adverse childhood experiences. Studies devoted to homeless show the interest of the researchers to the resolution of the problem of homelessness and about possibility for ...