Surveillance Summary

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Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome- specific health data. Beginnings: 14 th century with the Bubonic Plague HIPPA exceptions

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Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific health data.

Beginnings: 14th century with the Bubonic Plague

HIPPA exceptions

• Immediate detection of: epidemics, emerging health problems, changing

practices, changes in resistance.• Annual dissemination for:

estimating the magnitude of health problems, assessing control and preventive activities, setting priorities.

• Archival information for: describing natural history of disease, validating

use of data, setting priorities, documenting distribution and spread.

Reports of Health Events Laboratories and other healthcare Registries Information on health status, risk

factors, and experiences of the population

Information on potential exposure to environmental agents

Information from other organizations

Surveillance instructions online for:• Reportable diseases• Foodborne Illness • STD’s• HIV/AIDS• Rabies and Animal Bites• Immunizations and VAERS• TB: report if suspect and confirm after

test• Pesticide Illness• Abuse

Domestic Violence, Elder, Child