Integrated
Health Information Systems
phone: (404) 639-7860
fax: (404) 639-7770
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
U.S.A
(404) 639-3311 |
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 The
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is an initiative
that promotes the use of data and information system standards to advance
the development of efficient, integrated, and interoperable surveillance
systems at federal, state and local levels. A primary goal of NEDSS is
the ongoing, automatic capture and analysis of data that are already available
electronically.
NEDSS is
based on the following principles:
- Utilization
of industry standards
- Reliance
on off-the-shelf software
- Internet-based
secure transmission of data
- A common
"look and feel" of systems
- Common
reporting requirements
- No requirement
to use specific software
NEDSS is
designed to address the limitations of current surveillance systems which
include:
- Multiple
incompatible disease specific systems that currently exist
- Incomplete
and delayed data
- Burden
on health care system to report disease
- Overwhelming
volume of data to be managed by health departments
- Lack
of state-of-the-art information technology
The mission
is to design and implement seamless surveillance and information systems
that take advantage of the best information and surveillance technology,
and serve the following needs at the local, state, and national levels:
- Monitor
and assess disease trends
- Guide
prevention and intervention programs
- Inform
public health policy and policy makers
- Identify
issues needing public health research
- Provide
information for community and program planning
- Protect
confidentiality while providing information to those who need to know
NEDSS system
architecture is designed to integrate and replace several current CDC
surveillance systems, including the National Electronic Telecommunications
System for Surveillance (NETSS), the HIV/AIDS reporting system, the vaccine
preventable diseases and systems for tuberculosis (TB) and infectious
diseases. The NEDSS Base System, which utilizes NEDSS standards, is developed
by an experienced software engineering company, Computer
Sciences Corporation (CSC), in consultation with the CDC and state
partners.
The role
of NEDSS in supporting public health surveillance is documented in Supporting
Public Health Surveillance through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance
System(NEDSS).
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