National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System

Overview
The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System is an integrated electronic disease surveillance system application that includes the capability to receive standards-based electronic records. The system provides public health jurisdictions with a reference implementation of National Electronic Disease Surveillance System/National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System policy and standards consistent with the Nationwide Health Information Network and CDC’s Public Health Information Network.

It is not an actual “surveillance system,” but a secure Internet-based infrastructure for public health surveillance data exchange.