Public Health Surveillance: Electronic Reporting as a Point of Reference.

Jennifer Black Rachel Hulkower Walter Suarez Shreya Patel Brandon Elliott

J Law Med Ethics

Jennifer Black, J.D., was a Cherokee Nation Assurance contractor supporting the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the time of submission. Rachel Hulkower, J.D., M.S.P.H., is a Cherokee Nation Assurance contractor supporting the Public Health Law Program, Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Walter Suarez, M.D., M.P.H., is the executive director of Health IT Strategy and Policy, Kaiser Permanente, and member of the Governance Body of the Digital Bridge Initiative. Shreya Patel, J.D., is the National Health and Privacy Policy Advisor with Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN). Brandon Elliott, M.D., is a consultant with Velatura, a subsidiary of Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN).

Published: June 2019

Federal, state, and local laws shape the use of health information for public health purposes, such as the mandated collection of data through electronic disease reporting systems. Health professionals can leverage these data to better anticipate and plan for the needs of communities, which is seen in the use of electronic case reporting.

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