CDC National
Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
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
CDC’s Public
Health Information Network (PHIN)
The Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is CDC s vision for
advancing fully capable and interoperable information systems in the
many organizations that participate in public health. PHIN is a national
initiative to implement a multi-organizational business and technical
architecture for public health information systems ...more
CDC
Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems[PDF, 360 Kb]
This report provides guidance for evaluating surveillance systems based
on CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, research and
discussion of concerns related to public health surveillance systems,
and comments received from the public health community.
Health
and Human Services Federal Health Architecture Initiative[external link]
The Federal Health Architecture Initiative (FHA) represents a unique
opportunity to build partnerships across communities of interest
throughout the nation's health care environment in the development of a
truly integrated and effective health information exchange network. FHA
will enable the employment or migration of existing systems to meet
citizen-centric business activities while providing clear rules for the
development of new tools for improved performance and access to health
related information and services throughout the national health arena
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