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Michigan Disease Surveillance System Background
Background
Michigan Disease Surveillance System
Documents are undergoing accessibility remediation and may not be fully compatible with screen reading software at this time. If you are using screen reading software and need additional information, please contact MDHHS-BIDP@michigan.gov.What is the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS)?
- The MDSS is a Web based communicable disease reporting system developed for the state of Michigan.
- It has been developed to national data standards (Logical Data Model, Public Health Information Network, National Electronic Disease Surveillance System)
Why has the MDSS been developed?
- To facilitate coordination among local, State and Federal Public Health Agencies
- To provide for the secure transfer, maintenance and analysis of communicable disease surveillance information
- To promote participation from a variety of stakeholders including public health, health care providers and medical laboratories
- To address needs in many areas of traditional disease surveillance, emergent infectious diseases and biological terrorism
