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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention

Health Surveillance

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The purpose of health surveillance is to monitor the health status at the population level for selected conditions, while public health informatics applies the use of computers, clinical guidelines, communication and information systems to produce knowledge from data. The DEDP utilizes the components of storage and analysis of public health to drive its health surveillance systems.