National Healthcare Safety Network

  • What is the CDC? What is HHS? How do they have different missions and how do they overlap?
  • What is the National Healthcare Safety Network? What is its purpose? What are its pros and cons?
  • What is the purpose of collecting, aggregating, and reporting hospitalization data?
  • Use the Following Steps:
  1. Start by reading about the shift from hospital capacity switching from the U.S. CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network to a new portal developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: