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Protects the health of everyone in San Mateo County.
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We offer comprehensive preventative care, diagnostics and treatment for adults.
We provide comprehensive care for women's reproductive, hormonal and general health across all life stages.
We have expertise in specialized medical care.
We provide care for teeth and gum conditions.
We provide other services including rehabilitation, lab, imaging and therapy.
Available 24/7, we provide Immediate medical care for urgent, life-threatening conditions and injuries.
We provide full hospital care and comfort, including pain and symptom relief for serious illnesses.
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Public Health, Policy & Planning
The Communicable Disease Control Program staff works around the clock to receive and respond to reports of communicable diseases.
Medical providers and public health professionals are legally required by Title 17 (Section 2500) of the California Code of Regulations to report suspected, lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses of specific diseases and conditions within specified time frames. Additionally, anyone in charge of any type of school is also required to report these diseases (Section 2508), as are Laboratories (Section 2505).
The primary objectives of disease surveillance are:
San Mateo County Health coordinates with providers who are in the process of trying to meet Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements for Public Health reporting objectives. The Public Health aspects of the requirements include the transmission of immunization data, syndromic surveillance data, and electronic laboratory data.
Syndromic surveillance: This is under development. For more information, contact Kismet Baldwin-Santana, Health Officer, at kbaldwin-santana@smcgov.org or 650-573-2519.
Immunization data: The web-based California Immunization Registry (CAIR) receives data directly from providers and confirms successful test messages for meaningful use. This State site contains the contact information for the Bay Area regional technical support person for CAIR, who can coordinate with you for use of the CAIR system. If you need further information from San Mateo County, contact Kismet Baldwin-Santana, Health Officer, at kbaldwin-santana@smcgov.org or 650-573-2519 or Robyn Ziegler, San Mateo County Health Immunization Coordinator, at rziegler@smcgov.org or 650-573-2878.
Electronic laboratory and other reportable disease data: California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalRedie) receives data directly from providers and provides electronic acknowledgement of receipt for meaningful use. Contact Kismet Baldwin-Santana, Health Officer, at kbaldwin-santana@smcgov.org or 650-573-2519. To be set up to use the CalRedie system, contact the Communicable Disease Control Program at SMCCDControl@smcgov.org or 650-573-2346.
California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) is the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) communicable disease reporting and surveillance system of record. The system is web-based and PHIN-complian, and it is used by state and local public health officials and health care providers. As of today, 95% of California local health jurisdictions are using CalREDIE in some capacity.
The CalREDIE Provider Portal allows healthcare providers to electronically submit Confidential Morbidity Reports (CMRs) directly to their local health department via the HTTPS secure interface. The Provider Portal can be used for all Title 17 communicable diseases that are required by law to be reported to the local health department. Case information is accessed by the local jurisdiction immediately for review and investigation. This timely reporting option provides real-time assessment of potential outbreaks and unusual disease patterns. Highlights of the Provider Portal include: easy point and click navigation, printable receipt to use as a record of the report, ability for the provider to view previously submitted reports, ability for the provider to generate reports of all submissions and the ability for the provider to upload and store additional paperwork or files when submitting a report.
Interested providers can submit a Provider Portal account request via the CalREDIE Account Request Portal.
Delay or failure to report communicable diseases has contributed to the secondary transmission of these diseases in the past. Under the California Code of Regulations, Title 16 (Section 1364.10), failure to report a communicable disease is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or both. Each day the violation is continued is a separate offense. The Medical Board of California has made failure to report in a timely manner a citable offense under the California Business and Professions Code (Section 2234), “Unprofessional Conduct.”
See the list of legally reportable diseases and conditions (Section 2500) and the laboratory reporting list (Section 2505) in the resource library below.
Unusual/other conditions for which we request reports:
The Communicable Disease Control Program receives clinician and laboratory reports of legally reportable diseases and conditions. For all other reporting, concerns and for clinical services, call the numbers below:
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