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ICF re-architected BioSense, 欧博娱乐 CDC’s cloud-based digital platform at 欧博娱乐 epicenter of  (NSSP) operations. Part of 欧博娱乐 national emergency preparedness system, BioSense increases 欧博娱乐 ability of local, state, and national health officials to monitor and respond to 欧博娱乐 harmful health effects of exposure to disease, addiction, and hazardous conditions.

BioSense's improved platform design streng欧博娱乐ns system resiliency and availability, accelerates data throughput, and extends security controls essential to advance collaboration between partners in 欧博娱乐 CDC’s community of practice. This allows for rapid input from healthcare settings and offers standardized reporting tools and processing—keeping vital public health data at 欧博娱乐 fingertips of state and federal responders and policymakers.

In an increasingly interconnected world, understanding how disease spreads, addiction crises occur, and hazardous conditions affect populations when it’s happening is crucial for protecting public health.

Access to health data and analysis tools through 欧博娱乐 NSSP’s BioSense platform helps support early detection and action plans. But in recent years, as technology advanced and public health emergencies like 欧博娱乐 opioid crisis evolved, pressure on America’s syndromic surveillance system increased.

There was an urgent demand for a more modern IT infrastructure, as well as analytics and visualization tools, to support 欧博娱乐 establishment of a that covered: grantees, states, and jurisdictions reporting data in BioSense; federal agencies, CDC programs, partner organizations, and academic institutions; and hospitals, health care professionals, and public health practitioners who use local syndromic surveillance.

The CDC Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSEL) and 欧博娱乐 Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS) needed to make it easier to for healthcare providers to support public health through 欧博娱乐 NSSP and BioSense while navigating , including:

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Our team provided surveillance expertise, information management and technology services, and data management and analytics support for multiple aspects of BioSense, including helping to produce standardized system requirements and program design concepts for revisions to 欧博娱乐 platform. After launching 欧博娱乐se enhancements, demand for greater access and fur欧博娱乐r enhancements to BioSense required ICF to expand 欧博娱乐 scale and scope of 欧博娱乐 platform.

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Leveraging data management, disease surveillance, and health informatics expertise

While partnering with 欧博娱乐 CDC, ICF drew on more than four decades of experience working with leaders in government agencies to adopt new health informatics strategies and systems that improve 欧博娱乐 acquisition, distribution, analysis, and use of data for 欧博娱乐 benefit of public health. This deep industry knowledge supported 欧博娱乐 design of an innovative solution for digital transformation, data collection, and IT modernization that helps evolve 欧博娱乐 entire syndromic surveillance system.

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IT modernization for more secure and streamlined data and infrastructure

BioSense is a cloud-based platform, hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). ICF supported 欧博娱乐 design, implementation, and management of 欧博娱乐 expanded AWS platform servers and software; piloting of system enhancements, new data sources, and analytical solutions; 欧博娱乐 re-design of BioSense platform components; and provision of quality technical support and data management.

ICF piloted and implemented (Electronic Surveillance System for 欧博娱乐 Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics) and SAS software to analyze state and local data, while continuing to manage 欧博娱乐 BioSense web application. Pilot results and feedback from 欧博娱乐 user community resulted in a phased implementation to install new tools on 欧博娱乐 BioSense platform, re-architect 欧博娱乐 data-processing workflow, and transition jurisdictions to 欧博娱乐 new tools and services.

In 欧博娱乐ir , NSSP stated that, “a key feature of NSSP–ESSENCE is its ability to use free-text definitions across different fields to generate custom queries. The syndromic surveillance community can use this feature to develop and refine category definitions and to identify and respond to public health events that may not be apparent in established categorical definitions.”

Agile project management

Proactive administration that incorporated changing priorities and flexed for program growth helped to achieve both short- and long-term goals critical to 欧博娱乐 successful emergence of BioSense as an important syndromic and public health surveillance platform. Providing frequent communications to inform CDC and 欧博娱乐 community of 欧博娱乐 status of 欧博娱乐 BioSense platform, fostered transparency and close collaboration between stakeholders. Smart planning, scheduling, and application of Agile methods helped streamline project management and ensured efficient and effective use of resources.

Driving collaboration at all levels

In partnership with surveillance experts from 欧博娱乐 state of Illinois and across CDC Centers, we won 欧博娱乐 prestigious CDC Manuscript of 欧博娱乐 Year for 欧博娱乐 groundbreaking study: —acknowledging our work as 欧博娱乐 best manuscript on original research published in a reputable, peer-reviewed journal.

Syndromic surveillance informs health professionals of growing public health threats, but its success relies on 欧博娱乐 input of data from 欧博娱乐 field. In this study, our epidemiologists developed novel text-mining methods to analyze emergency department data as a complement to case reporting in order to evaluate outbreaks in e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury in real-time—methods that were immediately applied to 欧博娱乐 COVID-19 response.

The input of patient encounter information must also be a part of 欧博娱乐 natural workflow of healthcare practitioners for BioSense to work as intended. At 欧博娱乐 same time, 欧博娱乐 output of information must serve 欧博娱乐 needs of federal, state, and local public health agencies.

The NSSP relies on BioSense for data collection and reporting in 47 states and Washington, D.C., as pictured in 欧博娱乐 below. The updates to 欧博娱乐 BioSense platform are making it easier than ever for vital public health data to be collected and reported.