CDC issues bio-surveillance contract to track 14 million Americans for H1N1 under HIPAA FEMA rules

BARRINGTON, IL GE Healthcare has been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal flu activity throughout the nation.



According to GE officials, the Barrington, Ill.-based company will report daily to the CDC with information gathered from its Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) database of nearly 14 million patient records. This will help the CDC better understand the characteristics of H1N1 outbreaks and determine trends.

Participating physicians automatically contribute de-identified data to the MQIC each day through normal use of GE's Centricity electronic medical record when they document information collected during patient visits to physician offices and clinics.

The MQIC collates clinical data documented by primary-care physicians using GE's Centricity EMR, giving the CDC tools to help track clinical symptoms such as fever, nausea and chills, prescriptions written and vaccination rates, as well as variables such as procedures performed, pregnancy and patient age, within 24 hours of being documented in thousands of participating doctors' offices across the country.

"We are pleased to help the CDC monitor this important public health issue," said GE Healthcare IT Vice President and General Manager Jim Corrigan. "This is a strong example of the power of digitizing the nation's medical records. With EMR data, not only are we able to accelerate the reporting of any aggregate changes to the health of the U.S. population, we're able to provide valuable and timely clinical data to health professionals."

Operated by GE Clinical Data Services, which also provides research and analytical services, the MQIC database is growing at a rate of nearly 30 percent each year, according to Corrigan. In peer-reviewed studies the database has been validated as representative of demographic and co-morbidity averages in the U.S. population.

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[parisstud]

Paranoid freaks!

[BakersBoyz]

can you explain ?

[mcap52]

Is this the same GE that made the digital boxes?Maybe I should take a look at what's inside?

[BakersBoyz]

yes, and they own NBC ...

[eyeOOsee]

GeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWHIZZZZZ it's GE, again. GE is the biggest company in military sales with the "US", they also are the Number One OWNERSHIP of the media---see freepressdotnet to see how far down the rabbit hole goes, press the button that says "Who Owns the Media", you will be amazed at what they "OWN"

[BakersBoyz]

excellent point ...  geee ...

[jcattera]

II JUST HEARD THIS!!! FAMALDYHYDE is in the H1N1 vaccine???? What!? So, you don't fricking ROT by the time they come get your dead ass? And throw you in a back of a truck to take you to the local crematory. Sick fuckers!!

[Dewdaahman]

why doesn't the CDC ask the creator of the virus and vaccine, that'd be Baxter Int..

[tjttzcspplt]

@parisstud I am not so sure about that. Start caring about your rights.

[BakersBoyz]

gotcha ..

[IRSFRAUDEXPOSED]

its a smart bug it will kill all the minorities , the final solution Pt 2

[BakersBoyz]

thanks ...