Notifiable Disease Research Paper

A notifiable disease is an infectious disease that is required by law that physicians, clinics and hospitals report it to the local health department. Notifiable diseases must be reported right after they are diagnosed by a doctor, laboratory, or hospital. There is a list of notifiable diseases that the Center for Control Disease (CDC) provides to each local health department. Notification is required for epidemiological purposes. While there are many providers who are well aware of reporting such diseases, there may be many as well who are not, and if they are aware, it’s just not getting reported for whatever reasons. Personally, I would make it as one of the main priorities of educating the entire staff of notifiable diseases, and the requirement