BioSense 2.0

BioSense is a nationwide collaborative system for protecting and improving population health  by providing timely information for better decision-making.

Components of BioSense Software Platform Governance Community

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BioSense Organization Roles

CDC – BioSense 2.0 Program RTI – Direct subcontractor of the BioSense 2.0 development Epidemico – RTI contractor focusing on the front-end interface Northrup Grumman

Governance Group – Advice and recommendations to CDC on development of BioSense 2.0

ASTHO – Facilitator of Data Use Agreements and the Governance Group, and purchasing the Amazon Web Services Gov Cloud

CSTE – Facilitated the recruitment of states and territories ISDS – Subject matter expertise NACCHO – Facilitated the recruitment of counties and cities

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Governance Group Membership: 15 Representatives 8 Elected representatives

3 to represent state and territorial public health agencies 3 to represent local public health agencies 2 to represent non-public health data providers (hospitals,

electronic health records vendors, etc), 4 Association Representatives

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) The National Association of County and City Health Officials

(NACCHO) 3 Federal Representatives

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The US Department of Defense (DoD) and The US Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA)

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(Kathy)

Local experiences and lessons learnedTo those of you with BioSense 2.0 experience: What advice or guidance would you give to

others who are starting to set up or use BioSense?

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Break

Potential Directions/Opportunities for BioSense 2.0 Get BioSense out of

“beta” (2) Replicate the

functionality of Distribute

Assure and document security measures and processes (1)

Increase data sharing (4)

Increase trust (0) Improve data quality &

add data quality

measures (6) Documentation Improve on-boarding Add more historical

data New data types(2) Expand beyond

syndromic surveillance Improve analytics Improve visualizations Support Meaningful

Use

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Questions?

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