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This activity is associated with the regular or repeated collection, analysis, and dissemination of uniform health information for monitoring the health of a population, and intervening in a timely manner when necessary. It is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of these data to those who need to know. Such data includes occupational and environmental exposure information, as well as other health hazard exposures and medical outcomes, for each individual in a population. The final link of the military medical surveillance system is the application of these data to prevention and control. A military medical surveillance system includes a functional capability for data collection, analysis, and dissemination of information linked to public health programs. A comprehensive medical surveillance requirement is needed across the operational continuum to monitor, assess and provide reports regarding: the mental and physical health status of service members; the occurrence of illness, injury, and disease. |