Hurricane Helene: Public Health Department Closures

Latest updates: Hurricane Helene

Our public health departments' hours of operation may be affected by power and staffing outages. This means that some closures may not appear on the state government office delays and closings map. The health and safety of our employees and our clients remains our highest priority. We are working to get services restored as safely and quickly as possible.

Learn more about DPH's role with hurricanes, floods, and weather emergencies.

The  Promoting Interoperability Programs, formerly known as the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs, and more commonly known as Meaningful Use, was implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to encourage healthcare providers and organizations to implement and use health care information technology.


Meaningful Use includes public health reporting options. DHEC offers the following programs for eligible clinicians, hospitals, and critical access hospitals:

Healthcare Provider TypeEligible CliniciansEligible Hospitals
Electronic Reportable Lab ResultsN/AYes
SIMON - Immunization RegistryYesYes
Syndromic SurveillanceYes*Yes
Electronic Case ReportingYesYes
Cancer RegistryYesN/A

* Syndromic Surveillance is only open to eligible providers in urgent care settings.


Additional Information

For more information on CMS's Promoting Interoperability Programs for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals and Quality Payment Program for eligible clinicians, please follow these links:

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