This agreement will allow the City of Lubbock Health Department to access public health surveillance data from the Texas Departments of State Health Services. The data will be used to support ongoing analysis to identify combinations of signs and symptoms of disease in a population, which is useful in: identifying and responding to naturally occurring diseases such as influenza and food-borne illness, detecting and mitigating the effects of terrorist incidents, and serving other public health uses consistent with applicable law. DSHS will develop and maintain the TxS2 system to receive the Limited Data Set from Data Providers. |