What to know
CDC's NSSP provides the syndromic surveillance community with the BioSense Platform. This secure, cloud-based system detects and monitors health threats. Successfully onboarding health care facilities, vendors, and public health sites into the platform is vital. High-quality live data feeds power the system. These data, paired with standardized tools and processes, enable effective investigation and rapid response. Our onboarding work is an investment in a modernized public health data infrastructure.
Key roles in the process
Facilities transmit de-identified patient information to the BioSense Platform in near real-time. Our partners in this process who help ensure high-quality data feeds include:
- The facility that will submit data. In addition to the organizations that deliver care, this could also include electronic health record vendors or health information exchanges.
- The site, our term for the public health authority that serves as an administrative hub for groupings of facilities that transmit data.
- The site administrator, the primary public health authority contact at each site. Site admins will build relationships with facility staff and oversee all aspects of onboarding. Site admins serve as liaisons between facilities and NSSP.
Identifying your site administrator
Onboarding job aids
These resources will help site administrators walk through onboarding step-by-step, from planning to the key phases of engaging, connecting, validating and operating.
Facility BOPA
Electronic fillable PDF to acknowledge having read about the BioSense Platform onboarding process. For facility use only.
Feed Profile Template
Form for submitting contact information. Automated system alerts will be emailed to contacts if an issue needs to be investigated.
Site BOPA
Electronic fillable PDF to acknowledge having read about the BioSense Platform onboarding process. For site use only.
BioSense Platform resources
Onboarding articles
