State health department participates in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Number of epidemiologists per 100,000 population in the state, by quintile.
State health department participates in the Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X) System.
State health department participates in the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS).
State health department has a syndromic surveillance system that can report and exchange information.
State public health laboratory has implemented the laboratory information management system (LIMS) to exchange laboratory information and results electronically with hospitals, clinical labs, state epidemiology units, and federal agencies.
State has legal requirement for nongovernmental laboratories (e.g. clinical, hospital-based) in the state to send clinical isolates or specimens associated with reportable foodborne diseases to the state public health laboratory.
State public health laboratory participates in either of the following federal surveillance programs: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) or National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet).
Percent of foodborne illness outbreaks reported to CDC by state and local public health departments for which a causative infectious agent is confirmed.
State health department participates in a broad prevention collaborative addressing health care associated infections (HAIs).
State has a public health veterinarian.
State uses an Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS).
State public health laboratory participates in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Influenza surveillance program, and/or the World Health Organization (WHO) Influenza Surveillance Network.
