Leidos has won the National Healthcare Safety Network Development, Maintenance, Support and Modernization contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
The contract has a total value of $51 million over a 5-year period of performance.
“NHSN is a critical cornerstone in enhancing patient safety and healthcare delivery across the U.S.,” said Liz Porter, Leidos health & civil sector president “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. 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.”
Under the contract, Leidos will advance and modernize the NHSN application by using its data management and mission software expertise to deliver a secure NHSN platform, support applications and inputs from partnering federal agencies.
NHSN facilitates electronic messaging directly from electronic health records; informs rapid, tailored infection prevention; and allows decision-makers to monitor healthcare system capacity, Leidos said. It also tracks vaccination uptake in healthcare settings, monitors blood safety errors and helps prevent the spread of emerging and enduring threats.
This contract extends Leidos’ support in providing critical data needed to understand the success of prevention efforts and practices in healthcare.