Describe the state\'s HIV/AIDS surveillance program? What are the surveillance m

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Describe the state's HIV/AIDS surveillance program? What are the surveillance methods? Does the state have field offices? Describe. Describe if there's any confidentiality/HIPAA regulations. Which agencies are required to report cases of HIV/AIDS? What is the reporting process? Why is reporting important? What is the difference between diagnoses and report? How many people have been diagnosed and are iving with HIV? Where can people go to get tested? What types of test are provided? How soon are results available? What is the cost? What new knowledge did you gain? Wha t insight did you gain from the video? Webinar-HIVIAIDS Surveillance: A Reporting Guide for Healthcare Providers in Florida: Webinar HIV/AIDS Surveillance: A Reporting Guide for Healthcare Providers in Florida (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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HIV surveillance collects, analyzes, and disseminates information about new and existing cases of HIV infection (including AIDS).CDC’S National HIV Surveillance System is the primary source for monitoring HIV trends in the United States.  CDC has funded HIV testing at health care and non-health care sites since 1985. Staff at these sites collect information about the persons tested (e.g., demographic information, behavioral risk factors), current and prior test results, receipt of test results, and referrals. Information about clients is collected by a service provider for each HIV testing episode, sent to an appropriate health department, and then assessed for completeness and accuracy. This information is then reported by the appropriate health department to CDC on a regular basis. NHM&E testing data have been used at the national and local levels for HIV prevention policy, program decision-making, program monitoring, evaluation activities, research, presentations, and reports.

Morbidity surveillance

In emergencies, surveillance is often done for specific diseases. Most commonly, diseases of two types are included in surveillance:

Mortality surveillance

The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically.  The Privacy Rule protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted by a covered entity or its business associate, in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral.

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