BioSense

Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

BioSense 2.0

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

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Components of BioSense

 Software  Platform  Governance  Community http://biosense2.org/

BioSense

Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

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 http://biosense2.org/

BioSense

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Governance Group Membership: 15 Representatives

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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) http://biosense2.org/

BioSense

Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

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BioSense

Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

Local experiences and lessons learned

To those of you with BioSense 2.0 experience:

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What advice or guidance would you give to others who are starting to set up or use BioSense?

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Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

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Potential Directions/Opportunities for BioSense 2.0

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Get BioSense out of “beta” (2)

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Replicate the functionality of Distribute

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Assure and document security measures and processes (1)

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Increase data sharing (4)

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Increase trust (0) Improve data quality & add data quality measures (6)

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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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Public Health Surveillance Through Collaboration https://biosen.se

Questions?

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