Building and Supporting Public Health Information Networks in the United States
The US Public Health (Informatics) System
CDC’s Public Health Information Network
NEDSS
BioSense
OMS
Lessons Learned
Multiple Federal Agencies
50 State Health Departments
50+ State Labs
3000+ Local Health Departments
5000+ hospitals
10000’s Private Labs
200+ federally funded surveillance and monitoring systems
Cryptosporidium outbreak
Faulty water treatment facility, no alarms
403,000 developed fever, vomiting, diarrhea
100 deaths
Outbreak detected by pharmacist that noticed a spike in sales
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