What are the goals of the PA-NEDSS project?
• Improve the timeliness of disease reporting • Provide access to complete and accurate public health data for the Commonwealth • Consolidate the number of existing surveillance systems into a single data repository to enhance reporting and analysis • Provide access to DOH, County Health Departments and Municipal Health Departments, physicians, laboratories, and hospitals to near “real-time” data through a secure system What kind of information and diseases are reported through PA-NEDSS and how often? Any information, including diagnosis, onset date and test results, that is currently reported to the DOH and the CDC is reported through PA-NEDSS via the Internet. Once a patient is suspected of having a condition, the patient’s suspected condition and additional details should be entered online to generate a report that can be viewed by the appropriate health department within the Commonwealth. There are a few exceptions to what can currently be reported into PA-NEDSS including animal bi
