Information for Health Care Providers
The Santa Rosa County Health Department (Santa Rosa CHD) appreciates all the hard work and effort that you as our county's health care providers do for our community. On a daily basis you tirelessly diagnose, advise, treat, prescribe, refer and use your medical expertise to help the people of Santa Rosa County maintain good health.
This section of our website is designed to provide information and resources that will assist our county's health care providers in keeping our community healthy.
Disease Reporting
One of the responsibilities of the Santa Rosa CHD is to investigate cases of communicable disease. The Florida Bureau of Epidemiology relies on local health departments, healthcare providers, laboratories and other public health professionals to notify them concerning the occurrence of reportable diseases. Without your help, trends cannot be accurately detected and monitored; unusual disease outbreaks could be missed which might delay public health disease control efforts.
To report an outbreak or unusual trend, please call the Santa Rosa CHD:
Hours: Monday - Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Phone: (850) 983-5200
Urgent after-hours reporting: (850) 418-5566
If you are unable to reach us and this is a public health emergency, please contact the Bureau of Epidemiology 24/7 at (850) 245-4401.
The Florida Department of Health's current List of Reportable Diseases (.pdf 72kb)
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Sentinel Physician Influenza Surveillance Program
The Santa Rosa CHD also needs physicians to help monitor outbreaks of influenza in our community. To learn more about this program and become a Santa Rosa County Sentinel Physician, contact the Epidemiology Department at the Santa Rosa County Health Department at (850) 983-5200 or download the 2010-2011 Sentinel Physician Information Packet. (.pdf 1.7 MB)
Epidemiology Newsletters
2009 October Newsletter (.pdf - 393kb)
2010 January Newsletter (.pdf - 260kb)
2010 March Newsletter (.pdf - 299kb)
2011 January Newsletter (.pdf - 624kb)
2011 July Newsletter (.pdf - 743kb)
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals such as physicians, nurses, phar-macists, dentists, veterinarians, and epidemi-ologists. But you don't have to be a medical professional to volunteer. Other community members such as interpreters, chaplains, office workers, and legal advisors, can fill other vital support roles within the MRC.
To learn more about the Medical Reserve Corps, visit Medical Reserve Corps.
To become a member of the MRC - Santa Rosa unit, visit Florida Emergency Health Volunteer Registry or call the Santa Rosa County Health Department at 850-983-5200.
Other Helpful Resources
The Centers for Disease Control
The Florida Department of Health
Health Care Provider Licensing
Epi Update - Data on selected notifiable diseases are published in this monthly report.
Florida CHARTS (Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set)
