CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance

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division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health agency division

The CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance is a branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that develops and oversees national systems for collecting, analyzing, and sharing public health data to monitor and respond to disease threats.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
CDC Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services	2
CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2661803 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance
Context triple: [National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, managedBy, CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance]

A. Epidemic Intelligence Service
The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a specialized training and response program that develops disease detectives who investigate and control outbreaks and other public health threats in the United States and abroad.
B. Bureau of Communicable Disease
The Bureau of Communicable Disease is a public health division in New York City responsible for monitoring, investigating, and helping control infectious disease outbreaks.
C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
D. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System is a nationwide public health surveillance program in the United States that collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on certain infectious and non-infectious diseases to support disease control and prevention efforts.
E. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response is a division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for coordinating national efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies and disasters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance
Target entity description: The CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance is a branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that develops and oversees national systems for collecting, analyzing, and sharing public health data to monitor and respond to disease threats.

A. Epidemic Intelligence Service
The Epidemic Intelligence Service is a specialized training and response program that develops disease detectives who investigate and control outbreaks and other public health threats in the United States and abroad.
B. Bureau of Communicable Disease
The Bureau of Communicable Disease is a public health division in New York City responsible for monitoring, investigating, and helping control infectious disease outbreaks.
C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
D. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System is a nationwide public health surveillance program in the United States that collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on certain infectious and non-infectious diseases to support disease control and prevention efforts.
E. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response is a division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for coordinating national efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies and disasters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ public health agency division ⓘ
abbreviation	DHIS ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance national preparedness for health threats ⓘ improve early detection of disease outbreaks ⓘ reduce reporting burden through electronic data exchange ⓘ support evidence-based public health decision-making ⓘ
collaboratesWith	international public health organizations ⓘ local health departments ⓘ other federal health agencies ⓘ state health departments ⓘ territorial and tribal health agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	disease surveillance ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ health information systems ⓘ public health informatics ⓘ
focusesOn	analysis of public health data ⓘ biosurveillance ⓘ collection of public health data ⓘ data interoperability in public health ⓘ integration of electronic health records with public health systems ⓘ monitoring of disease threats ⓘ public health data modernization ⓘ real-time disease surveillance ⓘ response to disease outbreaks ⓘ sharing of public health data ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of national disease surveillance activities ⓘ development of national public health surveillance systems ⓘ management of public health data standards and infrastructure ⓘ support for electronic reporting of public health data ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
jurisdiction	United States public health system ⓘ
location	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
mission	to improve the availability, quality, and timeliness of public health data for decision-making ⓘ to modernize public health surveillance and informatics systems in the United States ⓘ
operatedBy	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
parentOrganization	CDC Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology ⓘ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services public health infrastructure ⓘ
responsibleFor	developing informatics tools for public health agencies ⓘ maintaining and enhancing public health surveillance infrastructure ⓘ providing technical assistance to state and local health departments on surveillance systems ⓘ supporting national notifiable disease surveillance ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
usesMethod	data standardization and coding systems ⓘ electronic case reporting ⓘ electronic laboratory reporting ⓘ syndromic surveillance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System → managedBy → CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance ⓘ

this entity surface form: CDC Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services

EIS officer → hasEmployer → CDC Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance ⓘ