The city Health Department says its swamped disease data collection system failed so miserably during the pandemic that it needs to spend $5 million to overhaul how it processes its reporting.
“The current state [Electronic Data Reporting Infrastructure] was not able to process the overwhelming reporting of COVID 19,” the department’ssaid in its solicitation for bids on a $5 million, three-year contract to upgrade its data system.
It is composed of seven bureaus covering communicable diseases, immunization, hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis control, public health clinics and public health laboratory/management and systems coordination. “DDC continuously updates its systems, databases, and infrastructure to improve the completeness of data and ensure efficient response to emergent infectious agent threats ,” according to the bid proposal issued by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.
According to the department, the current system was “not able to process the overwhelming reporting” during the COVID-19 pandemic.A DOH rep told The Post in a statement Sunday, “The Health Department has had one of the best COVID reporting dashboards in the country and we aim to continue providing accurate, timely and accessible information to New Yorkers about outbreaks that may be affecting our city.”“We have a really strong data team.
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