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8. Public Health Investigation
- Cases reported through other means (e.g., laboratory reporting)
- "shoe leather" epidemiology can be time consuming and labor intensive
- Rapid investigation feasible ("armchair")
- Public health authorization to receive clinical data
A graphic depicts how individual care providers contact a data sources. Provider asks for and receives records (This step is highlighted with a large number 8). Data sources send records to provider through message transfer.
Notes:
"etch server model"
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