http://www.cdc.gov/phin/component-initiatives/biosense/index.html
BioSense is the national program designed to improve the nation's capabilities for real-time biosurveillance and situational awareness at a time when the vast number of health-related information systems that exist nationally vary in their ability to share data to support immediate biosurveillance needs. By providing access to data from hospitals and healthcare systems in major metropolitan cities across the nation, BioSense is connecting existing health information to public health in a way not previously possible. It is providing the immediate, constant, and comparable information needed to inform local, state, and national public health and to support national preparedness.
BioSense is the national program designed to improve the nation's capabilities for real-time biosurveillance and situational awareness at a time when the vast number of health-related information systems that exist nationally vary in their ability to share data to support immediate biosurveillance needs. By providing access to data from hospitals and healthcare systems in major metropolitan cities across the nation, BioSense is connecting existing health information to public health in a way not previously possible. It is providing the immediate, constant, and comparable information needed to inform local, state, and national public health and to support national preparedness.