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Public health: county signs data‑use agreement for de‑identified EMS data; health director flags measles cases and upcoming rabies clinic
Summary
Washington County Health Department asked permission to sign a state data‑use agreement (Biospatial) to access de‑identified EMS call location data for planning and public‑health programming; the county also reported measles cases nationally and scheduled a near‑full rabies clinic.
The Washington County Health Department told the Health & Human Services Committee on March 13 it seeks permission to sign a data‑use agreement with the state’s EMS data aggregator (Biospatial) to receive de‑identified ambulance call data for public‑health planning and reporting. County counsel reviewed the agreement and approved its form, staff reported.
Why it matters: Access to de‑identified EMS location and call‑type data could help county public‑health staff and emergency services better understand where overdoses,…
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