The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Leidos a five-year, $51 million contract to provide technical support for the agency’s healthcare safety network.
Under the National Healthcare Safety Network, or NHSN, Development, Maintenance, Support and Modernization contract, Leidos will continue its ongoing work operating and evolving the NHSN platform through data management and software development, among other duties, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced Tuesday.
Liz Porter, president of Leidos’ health and civil business, said, “NHSN is a critical cornerstone in enhancing patient safety and healthcare delivery across the U.S.”
The NHSN application transfers electronic messaging directly from electronic health records, provides case-by-case infection prevention and provides users insights into healthcare facility capacities. The platform also tracks vaccination uptake in healthcare settings, monitors blood safety abberation and aims to help mitigate contagious outbreaks.
“Since the inception of NHSN in 2003, our collaboration with the CDC has empowered over 160,000 users at more than 38,000 facilities with reliable and actionable data,” Porter stated. “Our combined efforts ensure the secure transmission of healthcare data across evolving sites of care, driving improvements in patient outcomes and fostering system modernization and efficiency.”
The CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases authorized the NHSN contract.
