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NATIONAL ELECTRONIC DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (NEDSS)
Description:
The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) project is a public health initiative to provide a standard-based, integrated approach to disease surveillance and to connect public health surveillance to the burgeoning clinical information systems infrastructure. NEDSS will improve the nation's ability to identify and track emerging infectious diseases (including potential bioterrorism attacks), investigate outbreaks, and monitor disease trends. NEDSS is a collaborative effort among state and local public health partners, and numerous CDC staff and contractors. To initiate implementation of NEDSS, states have received funds to assess their current systems and develop plans for implementation of NEDSS-compatible systems. Some states are choosing to develop their own systems using specified NEDSS standards, while other states have expressed interest in using all or a portion of a CDC developed system. For those states that choosing to use a CDC-developed option, the NEDSS Base System is a platform upon which many public health surveillance systems, processes, and data can be integrated in a secure environment.
