Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): Emerging Infections in NYS

描述(由申请者提供)：纽约州卫生局新发感染计划是一个由部门流行病学部门、沃兹沃斯中心实验室、科学、环境健康办公室、卫生通信系统网络局以及罗切斯特大学社区卫生中心和纽约市卫生与心理卫生局等合作机构共同合作的综合项目。这组协作者支持该计划，努力开展积极的人口监测活动、应用公共卫生流行病学和实验室项目，以及实施和评估新发传染病的预防/干预项目。拟议的目标将通过招聘更多工作人员、开展培训和提供教育材料以及加强信息技术和交流努力来加强和加强流行病学和实验室基础设施。其他目标将侧重于提高流感监测和诊断检测的能力，评估流感对公共卫生的负担，以及评估透析中心与医疗保健相关的感染。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Emerging Infections Program is an integrated collaboration among the Department's Division of Epidemiology, Wadsworth Center Laboratories, Office of Science, Environmental Health, and Bureau of Healthcom Systems Network as well as partner agencies such as the University of Rochester's Center for Community Health and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. This group of collaborators support the program in efforts to conduct active population-based surveillance activities, applied public health epidemiologic and laboratory projects, and the implementation and evaluation of prevention/intervention projects for emerging infectious diseases. The proposed objectives will strengthen and enhance the epidemiology and laboratory infrastructure by recruiting additional staff, conducting training and providing educational materials, and enhancing information technology and exchange efforts. Additional objectives will focus on increasing capacity for influenza surveillance and diagnostic testing, evaluating the burden of influenza on public health and to evaluate healthcare-associated infections in dialysis centers.