Public Health
Safeguarding population health through data-driven solutions
As a leading provider of health solutions for federal and select non-federal customers, Leidos has vast expertise in health digital modernization, Cloud services, data analysis and management, interoperability, cybersecurity, and other health IT services. Our team delivers secure healthcare data across ever-changing sites of care to improve patient outcomes and system efficiencies. Our scientists, engineers, technologists, and clinical teams draw on decades of success to deliver a broad range of customizable, scalable solutions to customers that include the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security Administration, and every U.S. federal agency focused on health.
Leidos provides expertise in public health surveillance; information technology development, modernization, and data governance; and public health mission operations and support to advance and support programs that protect the public’s health.
Moving public health forward
Our analysts and subject matter experts help customers advance their programs in epidemiology, biostatistics, data acquisition and management, bioinformatics, high-performance computing, and statistical analysis and reporting. We support public health initiatives including detecting potential public health threats, researching new vaccines, identifying at-risk populations, supporting point-of-care systems, and providing results to help prevent the spread of disease.
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The importance of interoperability for federal health organizations
In an increasingly fast-paced and complex digital world, the ability of different information technology systems and software applications to communicate, exchange data, and use that information is becoming increasingly vital. Achieving greater speed and efficiency through an enriched data exchange framework will permit greatly enhanced data sharing across clinicians, labs, hospitals, pharmacies, and patients.
Leveraging our core capabilities
The Leidos technical core capabilities serve as the foundation for our public health solutions.
What We DoBioinformatics Advancing Microbiology
CDC’s Advanced Molecular Detection program is modernizing the public health system’s disease-investigation capabilities by integrating traditional epidemiology with next-generation genomic sequencing and bioinformatics to look at pathogens in new ways.
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Transitioning COVID Data Reporting
When the government decided to move reporting responsibility back to CDC, the Leidos team knew that failure was not an option. In an all-out commitment to supporting the National Healthcare Safety Network, staff members implemented a phasing strategy that enabled the transition to occur seamlessly and on time.
Strengthening Access to Data Science
The U.S. public health system’s response readiness depends on widespread and rapid access to data to drive effective decision-making, guidance, and policy. Learn how we build and sustain our data science strength.
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