About BioSense
BioSense is a national program intended to improve the nation’s capabilities for conducting real-time biosurveillance, and enabling health situational awareness through access to existing data from healthcare organizations across the country.
BioSense History and Mission - 7 minutes
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An introduction to BioSense highlighting the program’s history and mission by Dr. Leslie Lenert, Director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics.
Application Demonstration Video
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Objective
In 2008 BioSense will focus on the following:
- Using BioSense to monitor and direct the CDC’s response to the 2008 influenza season
- Enhancing the BioSense data warehouse to improve its efficiency and reduce maintenance costs
- Testing the effectiveness of connecting BioSense to the clinical care system through Health Information Exchanges and the Nationwide Health Information Network
- Evaluating technologies for federation of the BioSense database with existing state and local surveillance databases to create a nationwide biosurveillance system
- Testing integration of the BioSense system with the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System for automated laboratory reporting to state and local public health authorities
- Developing technologies for automated detection of suspected cases of infection with bioterrorism relevant agents from clinical data streams
- Developing an open-source strategy for maintenance and extension of BioSense with state and local public health partners
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