National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
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NEDSS BASE System |
NEDSS Messaging Solution |
Current Status
When NEDSS began in 2001, no state had integrated public health surveillance systems as articulated in the NEDSS vision; today over 35 states have implemented surveillance systems based on this vision. Today NEDSS, along with the BT Cooperative Agreement, provides major financial support directly to state and local public health surveillance systems to develop or purchase integrated NEDSS-compatible applications.
Initially, CDC responded to requests from states seeking assistance to obtain NEDSS software solutions. Often these requests were based on local and state information technology (IT) resource constraints. The CDC NEDSS Base System (NBS) was designed and developed by CDC to meet those needs. Today, 16 states use the NBS; it is a mission-critical application for them. The NBS is an important component of the comprehensive NEDSS vision of a national integrated surveillance system, and CDC will continue to support those states relying on the NBS. For more information on NBS, click the NEDSS Base System link in the navigation.