The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services https://cdc.gov/csels/index.html awarded ICF https://www.icf.com a new $12 million task order.
The goal is to support and modernize public health laboratory informatics and data exchange services for CDC’s Laboratory Response Network (LRN).
For nearly a decade, ICF’s public health, technology, and communications experts have supported LRN, a national network of laboratories that can quickly respond to new and emerging chemical and biological threats and other public health emergencies, via their Informatics and Data Exchange Services.
The LRN has grown since its inception. It now includes state and local public health, veterinary, military, and international labs. This linking of different laboratories is a novel approach to public health preparedness.
ICF is going to use the funding to continue to support the operation and modernization of the LRN data exchange in order to ensure that the labs have access to secure and efficient methods for submitting critical laboratory results in a timely manner.