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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Q. What are the purposes of a public health information network (PHIN)? How will implementing it improve the public's health? What kinds of changes can we anticipate in our disease control programs as a result of implementing PHIN?A. PHIN-compliant systems will provide more timely and accurate information for faster and better decisionmaking and more rapid recognition of public health threats, allow for the integration of information systems for better analysis and for sharing of information, establish an electronic interface with laboratories and clinical care systems for more complete reports with less burden on data providers and initiate a standard architecture for surveillance that can be used for more than infectious diseases. Q. How will use of and access to the newly uniform NEDSS data passed by the states to CDC be regulated? A. The NEDSS architecture provides states the ability to integrate efficiently and standardize the information contained in their multiple surveillance systems Using the PHIN messaging system developed by CDC. It allows states to transfer to CDC information they are willing and legally allowed to share. Q. Will states report personal identifiers to CDC by using the NEDSS base system? Q. How and when are states going to build injury surveillance, chronic disease surveillance, asthma surveillance,
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