From the Spring 2006 Newsletter:
National 24/7 Surveillance System Begins
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun a national data integration system. As a cornerstone of the federal BioSense project to detect public health and biological events across the nation, Informatica PowerCenter is a "key enabler of the nation's ability to integrate data from emergency departments, clinics, pharmacies and other facilities across the nation," says the February 21, 2006 Informatica press release. Barry Rhodes at the CDC said, "[W]e've achieved the ability to capture, move and analyze vast amounts of health event data in real-time in order to effectively manage information." The CDC will collect real-time data from hospitals in 30 cities by the end of 2006.
