National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS ...

NEDSS Phase II, Deliverables 1 and 2
II. Project Overview
Introduction
This section of the NEDSS Implementation Plan provides an overview of the purpose, scope and
objectives of the project, the project assumptions and constraints, a list of project deliverables, a
summary of the project schedule, and the plan for evolving the Implementation Plan.
Purpose, Scope and Objectives
The purpose of the project is to provide BOH and other key stakeholders with the means to
improve timeliness, completeness and quality of disease reporting. This in turn will allow for the
rapid detection of public health threats, timely public health responses and facilitate accurate and
complete public health decision-making processes.
The core objectives of this project are to:
• Fully implement the NEDSS Base system in a production environment;
• Establish reporting and data exchange with the State Health and Environmental Testing
Laboratory;
• Establish reporting and data exchange with a large in-state reference laboratory;
• Establish reporting and data exchange with a hospital laboratory;
• Replace the existing NETSS functionality with the NEDSS Base system;
• Replace the existing TIMS functionality with the NEDSS Base system;
• Interface with IMMPACT;
• Document the NEDSS system; and
• Provide Training to appropriate BOH staff and stakeholders.
This project will be closely tied to the Health Alert Network (HAN) initiative, as both projects
address similar public health issues and objectives and require cooperation from the same
stakeholders. As the HAN project becomes further defined, the NEDSS Implementation project
plan will be modified to describe the specific tasks where the two projects dovetail.
Additionally, this project will work closely with the ongoing effort of IMMPACT.
Outside of BOH, this project needs to work in conjunction with ongoing efforts and projects
within the DHS Technology Services (DoTS), such as implementation of Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Assumptions
The following assumptions relate to the objectives of the NEDSS Implementation project as
stated above:
• The project and other management plans cannot be finalized until the NEDSS Base
system is released;
• The final NEDSS Base System is released by CDC prior to the start of the project
implementation;
• CDC resource is available for technical system training;
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