| surveillance | careful observation of a person or group, supervision | en | (isim) | en |
| surveillance | Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision | en | en |
| surveillance | Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic surveillance equipment | en | en |
| surveillance | close observation of a person or group (usually by the police) | en | en |
| surveillance | Systematic observation of air, surface or subsurface areas or volumes by visual, electronic, photographic or other means, for intelligence or other purposes | en | en |
| surveillance | The systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data on an ongoing basis, to gain knowledge of the pattern of disease occurrence and potential in a community, in order to control and prevent disease in the community | en | en |
| surveillance | On-going observation of the health of individuals or populations | en | en |
| surveillance | The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data (e g , regarding agent/hazard, risk factor, exposure, health event) essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those responsible for prevention and control | en | en |
| surveillance | The systematic observation of aerospace, surface or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means (Joint Pub 1-02) | en | en |
| surveillance | The continual monitoring and verification of status of an entity and analysis of records to ensure specified requirements are being met Surveillance activities may be delegated to other disinterested parties on behalf of the customer It may be 100% , statistically-based sampling, qualitative sampling or the result of discussion with individuals who have first hand knowledge It also may include the monitoring of contractor supplied metrics, available contractor data, sampling, or surveys | en | en |
| surveillance | The systematic observation of airspace or surface areas by visual, aural, photographic, or other means Surveillance differs from reconnaissance primarily in duration of the mission | en | en |
| surveillance | Supervision of an oversight body, such as a central bank or a separate surveillance body of the operation of the payments system and the prudential behaviour of financial institutions Such activity also includes ensuring that adequate levels of competition exist in the financial sector | en | en |
| surveillance | ongoing systematic collection, collation, and analysis of data and the dissemination of information to those who need to know in order that action may be taken | en | en |
| surveillance | close observation of a person or group | en | en |
| surveillance | The analysis of health information to look for problems that may be occurring that require targeted prevention, and thus serves as a feedback loop to the provider Surveillance may be based on a single case or sentinel event, but more typically uses screening results from the group of people being evaluated to look for abnormal trends in health status Surveillance can also be conducted on a single person over time Review of group results helps to identify potential problem areas and the effectiveness of existing worksite preventive strategies The fundamental purpose of surveillance is to detect and eliminate the underlying causes (i e , hazards/exposures) of any discovered trends and thus has a prevention focus See http://www osha-slc gov/SLTC/medicalsurveillance/ | en | en |
| surveillance | The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those responsible for preventing and controlling disease or injury Surveillance projects that most easily fit into this category are longitudinal data collection systems | en | en |
| surveillance | A continued programme of (biological) surveys systematically undertaken to provide a series of observations in time | en | en |
| surveillance | Activity and duty given to the IMF to monitor and evaluate countries' macroeconomic performance and policies IMF member countries are obligated to provide the IMF with the information necessary to carry out its surveillance tasks | en | en |
| surveillance | An epidemiological survey or the health monitoring of the affected community | en | en |
| surveillance | The continual monitoring of a process; a type of periodic assessment or audit conducted to determine whether a process continues to perform to a predetermined standard | en | en |
| surveillance | the systematic observation of aerospace, surface or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, natural, electronic, photographic, or other means | en | en |
| surveillance | The systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data to assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions and programs | en | en |
| surveillance | The systematic investigation or monitoring of the actions or communications of one or more persons May be personal or mass surveillance | en | en |
| surveillance | A design concept directed primarily at keeping people and property under observation and to allow users the ability to observe the space around them | en | en |
| surveillance | collecting disease information | en | en |
| surveillance | Close watch Supervision | en | en |
| surveillance | close watch over someone or something | en | en |
| surveillance | The discouragement to wrong-doing by the presence of passers-by or the ability of people to see out of windows | en | en |
| surveillance | the continuing evaluation, analysis and verification of a supplier's records, methods, procedures, products and services, to assure that requirements are met | en | en |
Etymology :French, from surveiller to watch over, from sur- + veiller to watch, from Latin vigilare, from vigil watchful; more at VIGIL. Pronunciation :s&r-'vA-l&n(t)s als. Function :noun. Date :1802.
