Current Activities

Major Initiatives

• Integrating partners in the development of the Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange (GIPSE) standard that will enable summary level data exchange and interoperability with the National Health Information Network (NHIN).
• Developing the appropriate tools for viewing and publishing Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange (GIPSE) data across jurisdictions.
• Establishing a network of partners (e.g. Regional Collaboratives, RODS, ESSENCE, and Denver Public Health) who share Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary Exchange (GIPSE) data across jurisdictional boundaries.
• Extending the NHIN platform by providing population health queries using the GIPSE standard.
• Expand acceptance of Geocoded Interoperable Population Summary (GIPSE) by transitioning to a Federal Health Architecture profile to be used throughout the NHIN for summary level data access.
• Piloting an open source service platform with a state health department that will allow healthcare organizations to share data with public health departments while maintaining sole proprietorship over the data.
• Supporting Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) to provide public health access to rich clinical data sets and furthering integration with the NHIN.
• Awarding additional Centers of Excellence to continue furthering the science of biosurveillance.

BioSense receives, analyzes, and evaluates health data from numerous data sources such as emergency rooms, ambulatory care clinics, and clinical laboratories.