NC DETECT: North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool

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Welcome!

The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) is North Carolina's statewide syndromic surveillance system. NC DETECT was created by the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) in 2004 in collaboration with the UNC Department of Emergency Medicine to address the need for early event detection and timely public health surveillance in North Carolina using a variety of secondary data sources. Authorized users are currently able to view data from emergency departments, the Carolinas Poison Center, and the Pre-hospital Medical Information System (PreMIS), as well as pilot data from the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine Laboratories, and select urgent care centers.

NC DETECT is designed, developed and maintained by staff at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with funding by the NC DPH. New functionality is added regularly based on end user feedback.

For more information, please visit the links on this page and/or send email to ncdetect@listserv.med.unc.edu.

What's New

Meaningful Use: If you have questions about NC DETECT and the Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance menu option, please contact Amy Ising at amy_ising (at) med (dot) unc (dot) edu for more information and/or visit the new NC DETECT Meaningful Use page.

Visit our Publications & News page to view both upcoming and archived NC DETECT-related presentations and papers, including annual reports on NC DETECT emergency department data.

NCHICA Annual Conference - September 12-15, 2010, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC: "Transforming Healthcare Through Meaningful Use." This year's conference will also feature four workshops on September 15, 2010 in these areas:

Risk Management
EHRs and Patient Confidentiality
ICD-10
Meaningful Use in HIEs, Practices and Hospitals