Figure 2.

MAVEN, the current, unified infectious disease surveillance and case management system in Massachusetts, post-2006^a

^aA depiction of the flow of data for infectious disease surveillance and case management in Massachusetts since the implementation of MAVEN in 2006. Data for most reportable infectious diseases are housed in a common database and reports from laboratories and electronic health records are received through a single electronic infrastructure that is compliant with national standards. The integrated system allows for real-time reporting and public health response, in addition to new data analysis and program evaluation capabilities.

MAVEN = Massachusetts Virtual Epidemiologic Network

HL7 = Health Level Seven

LOINC = Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

SNOMED = Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

MA = Massachusetts