NEDSS Base System (NBS): Electronic Data Exchange and Workflow Decision Support

Introduction The NBS is an integrated disease surveillance system deployed in 22 public health jurisdictions to support receipt, investigation, analysis and reporting, and data exchange for state reportable conditions. The NBS is governed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, local, and territorial users that make up the NBS Community. In the early 2000’s, electronic laboratory results reporting (ELR) was implemented in an effort to improve timeliness and completeness of disease reporting. As standards-based electronic health records (EHRs) are adopted and more surveillance data become available, modern surveillance systems must consume information in an automated way and provide more functionality to automate key surveillance processes.