{"id":11347,"date":"2024-04-22T09:55:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T01:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicare-asia.com\/?p=11347"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T10:24:11","slug":"what-is-cdlens-and-its-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicare-asia.com\/en\/what-is-cdlens-and-its-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CDLENS and its Functions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11347\" class=\"elementor elementor-11347\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-604acaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"604acaf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50b8ce8\" data-id=\"50b8ce8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e0016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85e0016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDLENS, also known as Communicable Diseases Live and ENhanced Surveillance, helps to provide an early warning of disease outbreaks in other countries, and identifies unusual trends in infectious diseases and disease syndromes in our population.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2800d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2800d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhancing our medical surveillance capabilities would enable us to be better prepared, and more able to respond to outbreaks and the potential importation of diseases into Singapore. As a one-stop internet portal, it can be accessed anytime, anywhere, for real-time information on infectious disease news.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd4a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bd4a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In CDLENS, on-line notification of infectious diseases has also been simplified and made much more convenient. Through established interfaces with other databases, residential, workplace or institutional addresses would be auto-populated into the notification form, just by keying in the postal code or name of school, childcare center, kindergarten or building.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab561f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab561f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Function of CDLENS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7051bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7051bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Infectious Disease Notification Online notification of infectious diseases has been incorporated in CDLENS and greatly enhanced for prompt and easy notification. Further details on the 4 steps to online notification will be discussed later in the chapter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Singapore Highlights The latest information on infectious disease incidence and trends in Singapore is available in this section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> World Highlights and News Today Real-time information on outbreak alerts and infectious disease news from around the world are available in this section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Diseases A \u2013 Z Clinical and epidemiological information on key infectious diseases arranged in alphabetical order is available for medical practitioners\u2019 quick and easy reference.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Publications and Useful Links Hyperlinks to MOH publications on infectious diseases, as well as websites of international and national public health organisations, is provided in this section for the convenience of users.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159f436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"159f436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5a9ba4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5a9ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With international air travel becoming increasingly common, the rapid spread of infectious diseases across borders has become a very real and serious threat. There is, therefore, a need for an online surveillance system through which medical practitioners can submit timely notifications of infectious diseases, as well as access real-time information on global and local infectious disease situations anywhere and at anytime. CDLENS sets out to achieve exactly that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7ebdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c7ebdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfps.org.sg\/publications\/the-singapore-family-physician\/article\/146_pdf\">The Singapore Family Physician<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDLENS, also known as Communicable Diseases Live and ENhanced Surveillance, helps to provide an early warning of disease outbreaks in other countries, and identifies unusual trends in infectious diseases and disease syndromes in our population. 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