Surveillance & Epidemiology

The Gloucester County Department of Health conducts daily investigations of state-mandated diseases and influenza-like illness reports from various providers and schools. Healthcare providers play a critical role in protecting the public from communicable diseases. Through early detection and swift public health response, disease transmission can be mitigated. The following information provides healthcare practitioners with vital information about reportable diseases in Gloucester County.

  1. Whom do I notify?
  2. What should I tell my patients who have reportable diseases?
  3. What is a reportable communicable disease?
  4. How and why were these diseases selected?
  5. Why is it important for health care providers to report diseases in a timely manner?
  6. What information must be in the report?
  7. Does HIPAA allow disease reporting?
  8. What do health departments do with this information?
  9. Why do I have to report when the laboratory has already reported the case?
  10. What is expected from a health care provider during a disease investigation?
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