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Tips for Providers Drawing the Short Straw for Reporting to Public Health

Tips for Providers Drawing the Short Straw for Reporting to Public Health

July 12, 2021

Healthcare providers, healthcare facilities and laboratories each have a duty to report notifiable conditions to public health. The reportable conditions and responsibilities overlap in most cases between these three groups. Often it is assumed that the laboratory will report a condition or disease to public health, but that is not always the case. Here are the areas where you, as a healthcare provider, must take on the primary responsibility for reporting to public health.

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