Acute Communicable Disease Control

County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health
Acute Communicable Disease Control
313 N. Figueroa Street, #212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7941
Fax: (213) 482-4856
Email:acdc2@ph.lacounty.gov

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Automated Disease Surveillance Section

The Automated Disease Surveillance Section (ADSS), provides surveillance of diseases in Los Angeles County through a variety of electronic systems from a range of sources including hospitals and laboratories. ADSS monitors these systems daily which helps to provide an early detection of disease outbreaks and assist in monitoring of the population's health in Los Angeles County.

Syndromic Surveillance

Syndromic surveillance is a population-based early detection and monitoring system that uses data collected in near real-time from emergency departments and other clinical and non-clinical sources. Since 2002, LAC DPH's Syndromic Surveillance Project (SSP) has provided timely awareness of disease trends, aided traditional surveillance in monitoring outbreaks, and added to LAC DPH's emerging event detection capabilities. Visit the Syndromic Surveillance webpage in Los Angeles County.

Syndromic Surveillance in Los Angeles County

Meaningful Use

NOTE: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health does not currently have the capability to receive syndromic surveillance messages from private providers or medical groups in accordance with meaningful use criteria. For questions about meaningful use visit Communicable Disease Control Program: Meaningful Use Coordinator

Publications

Monitoring Heat-Related Illness through Syndromic Surveillance in Los Angeles County Special Report: Monitoring the 2016 Los Angeles County Sand Fire Harnessing Syndromic Surveillance ED Data to Monitor Health Impacts During the 2015 Special Olympics World Games Monitoring the Impact of Heat Waves with Emergency Service Utilization Data in Los Angeles County Use of Syndromic Surveillance During the 2009-2010 Influenza Season in Los Angeles Use of Spatial SatScan™ Statistics in Syndromic Surveillance to Enhance Illness Cluster Identification Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance & Population-Based Health Monitoring in Los Angeles County Correlation of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus with Total Volume of Emergency Department Visits in LAC Description of an Emergency Department-Based Syndromic Surveillance System

Web Visual Confidential Morbidity Reporting (vCMR) System

WebvCMR is an electronic reporting system for communicable diseases. It's main purpose is to make disease reporting, investigation, and tracking more efficient for LACDPH's disease control programs. WebvCMR manages the investigative cycle of a disease or outbreak from date of onset to the final resolution.