The national biosurveillance integration center : roles, challenges, and strategic plan / Natasha Jennings, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jennings, Natasha, editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Biosurveillance Integration Center (U.S.).

Public health surveillance--United States.

Public health surveillance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Novinka, 2016.

Summary:

The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) has activities that support its integration mission, but faces challenges that limit its ability to enhance the national biosurveillance capability. A biological event, such as a naturally occurring pandemic or a terrorist attack with a weapon of mass destruction, could have catastrophic consequences for the nation. This potential threat underscores the importance of a national biosurveillance capability -- that is, the ability to detect biological events of national significance to provide early warning and information to guide public health and emergency response. The 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 addresses this capability, in part, by creating NBIC within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); it was tasked with integrating information from human health, animal, plant, food, and environmental monitoring systems across the federal government, to improve the likelihood of identifying a biological event at an earlier stage. This book discusses extent to which NBIC is implementing its roles as a biosurveillance integrator, and options for improving such integration.

Contents:

THE NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER ROLES, CHALLENGES, AND STRATEGIC PLAN ; THE NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER ROLES, CHALLENGES, AND STRATEGIC PLAN ; CONTENTS; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 BIOSURVEILLANCE: CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER* ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND ; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND ; Biosurveillance Integration ; NBIC's Roles, Responsibilities, and Governance ; Interagency Biosurveillance Community

NBIC HAS ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT INTEGRATION, BUT FACES CHALLENGES THAT LIMIT ITS ABILITY TO ENHANCE THE NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE CAPABILITY NBIC Compiles Information on Key Global Biological Events, but Faces Challenges Applying Statistical and Analytical Tools to Create New Meaningful Information ; NBIC's Analyzer Role Products and Activities ; NBIC's Challenges as an Analyzer ; Products that Provide New Meaningful Information ; Data Availability and Access

NBIC Has Developed Procedures to Coordinate with Biosurveillance Partners, but Faces Limited Participation and Provision of Partner Personnel NBIC's Coordinator Role Products and Activities ; NBIC's Challenges as a Coordinator ; Limited Participation ; Limited Provision of Partner Personnel ; Competing Structures for Convening Partners ; NBIC Has Efforts Under Way to Develop New Biosurveillance Tools, but Faces Challenges Prioritizing Development Efforts in a Limited Resource Environment ; NBIC's Innovator Role Products and Activities ; NBIC's Challenges as an Innovator ; Limited Resources

Partners Have Varying Needs Biosurveillance Partners Expressed Skepticism about the Feasibility of NBIC's Mission ; THERE ARE A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CHALLENGES, AND EACH HAS ASSOCIATED BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS ; Option 1: Reinforce NBIC's Analyzer Role ; Benefits; Limitations ; Option 2: Strengthen NBIC's Coordinator Role ; Benefits ; Limitations ; Option 3: Expand NBIC's Innovator Role ; Benefits; Limitations ; Option 4: Continue to Execute the 2012 NBIC Strategic Plan ; Benefits ; Limitations; Option 5: Repeal the NBIC Statute ; Benefits ; Limitations

AGENCY COMMENTS APPENDIX I: BIOSURVEILLANCE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION SYSTEM PARTNERS ; APPENDIX II: BIOSURVEILLANCE AGENCIES' SOURCES FOR INFORMATION THAT ENHANCES SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF BIOLOGICAL EVENTS ; End Notes; Chapter 2 NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER STRATEGIC PLAN* ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; Goals for a Successful Center ; Implementing the Vision ; Conclusion ; PURPOSE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ; PART I: STATE OF BIOSURVEILLANCE ; A. Background ; B. Establishing a Common Understanding

I. Understanding Integration and Shared Situational Awareness as an Unique Role of the Center

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63484-925-6