4 |
6.0 |
Foundational |
1.1.4 |
1.0 |
HSS |
Health Security Surveillance |
1.0 |
PHSEI |
Health Surveillance & Epidemiological Investigation |
The creation, maintenance, support, and strengthening of passive and active surveillance to: identify, discover, locate, and monitor threats, disease agents, incidents, and outbreaks provide relevant information to stakeholders monitoring/investigating adverse events related to medical countermeasures. The sub-domain includes the ability to successfully expand these systems and processes in response to incidents of health significance. |
M20 |
State health department participates in the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) |
The measure indicates participation in the national, electronic public health surveillance system. Participation assures that key surveillance data are comparable across states and enables national measurements of disease burden and progression. |
CDC NEDSS |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS), National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) |
2013—2015 |
The measure does not evaluate the quality or comprehensiveness of state participation in the system. |