The Role of Medical Terminology in Public Health Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness

Abstract

By simplifying disease reporting and streamlining surveillance systems, standardized medical
terminology serves a critical function in bolstering public health monitoring and preparedness for pandemics. The methodology employs a system-based design that embeds controlled vocabularies into data
merging tools. Through comparative analysis, our findings demonstrate that standardized terminology
significantly enhances the reporting and tracking of disease cases. The system evaluated is more advanced
than traditional models in response time and data integration. The study emphasizes the need to standard
integrated terminologies towards enhanced health intelligence and crisis response.