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Michigan Disease Surveillance System Background
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Michigan Disease Surveillance System
Background
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What is the Michigan Disease Surveillance
System (MDSS)?
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- 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)
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Why has the MDSS been developed?
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- 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
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To
address needs in many areas
of traditional disease surveillance, emergent infectious diseases and
biological terrorism
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