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Utah County approves use of EpiTrax disease surveillance system with state health department

Utah County Commission · July 21, 2021
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The Utah County Commission approved an agreement to use EpiTrax, the state's electronic disease‑surveillance system. County epidemiology staff said the system tracks case data (not audio/video), that state and local health departments access the data, and de‑identified data are forwarded to the CDC; vote 3–0.

The Utah County Commission voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the Utah Department of Health to use EpiTrax, an electronic disease‑surveillance and case‑management system used by state and local public health jurisdictions.

Curtis Jones, Bureau Director of Epidemiology at the County Health Department, told commissioners that county staff enter case information into EpiTrax and…

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