The software meets requirements for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System, according to the initiative.
Portland, Ore.-based Collaborative Software Initiative was formed last year to bring together technology firms to develop low-cost collaborative software. It received financing from OVP Venture Partners, a Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm. Initial vendor partners include Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Novell Inc.
The new disease reporting and management software is designed to support local health departments in the early detection and investigation of individual cases and clusters of communicable diseases. The Utah Department of Health and local health departments in the state are testing the software, which will be available nationwide under an open source license later this year.
More information is available at csinitiative.com.
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