National Healthcare Safety Network
The Nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A National Healthcare Data Tracking System Protecting Patients and Communities
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a secure, web-based system that tracks healthcare-associated infections and other patient and healthcare personnel safety measures. It is the most widely used healthcare surveillance network in the United States and provides facilities, states, regions, and national partners with standardized, actionable data to identify problem areas, measure progress in prevention efforts, and improve patient safety outcomes.
Today, NHSN is a trusted national system that:
- Integrates multiple reporting functions into one platform
- Supports secure data collection for infection prevention, hospital capacity, and other public health needs
- Is used by more than 39,000 healthcare facilities and 174,000 users
transitioning hospital COVID data reporting
Leidos has supported CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) for more than 20 years, partnering with CDC to build, operate, and modernize the system as public health needs evolved.
Why NHSN Matters
NHSN provides a single, standardized way to report healthcare safety data across the U.S. health system. By using shared definitions and common infrastructure, it connects thousands of facilities and gives healthcare providers and public health partners a clearer picture of infections and other safety issues.
NHSN helps:
Identify trends and target prevention efforts
Support policy, quality improvement, and public health decision-making
Meet Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality reporting requirements
Reduce duplicative reporting while improving data timeliness and usefulness
Having supported NHSN for nearly two decades, we’ve seen how important timely CMS reporting is for states. When reporting flows through a single, trusted platform, payments are faster, coordination is clearer, and states can focus on protecting patients rather than managing paperwork.
Shannon Woodis
Senior Director for Federal and State Health
