The Centers for Disease Control 和 Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention 和 健康 Promotion has selected ICF (纳斯达克:ICFI), a global consulting 和 digital 服务 provider, for a re-compete task order to continue its role in maintaining the National Program of Cancer Registries – Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), one of the agency’s largest 疾病监测 systems.
任务顺序 是在第三节被授予的, has a value of over $9 million 和 a term of four years including one base 和 three option years.
“Population-based cancer surveillance is playing an increasing role in informing cancer prevention 和 control interventions,” 大卫棉花ICF高级副总裁. “ICF is proud to serve as a trusted partner in helping CDC collect, aggregate 和 make sense of cancer data 和 of our involvement in a program that ultimately contributes to reducing the cancer burden in the U.S. 人口.”
ICF 帮助疾病控制中心 maintain the national cancer surveillance system since it was established in 2000. 在此期间, ICF has completed 18 consecutive national data submissions, 收集, processing 和 disseminating data on cancer occurrence, treatment 和 outcomes from now 49 state 和 territorial cancer registries across the United States.
Data collected under the NPCR-CSS today represents 97 percent of the U.S. 人口. When combined with the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, 流行病学, 和最终结果(SEER)程序数据, 整个美国.S. 代表了人口. NPCR-CSS和SEER数据在美国均有报道.S. Cancer Statistics Incidence 和 Mortality Web-based Report, CDC’s official federal statistics on cancer incidence. 这些信息使研究人员, 临床医生, 政策制定者, public health professionals 和 the public to monitor the burden of cancer, evaluate the successes of programs 和 identify additional needs for cancer prevention 和 control efforts at national, 州和地方两级.
Through this 和 other major 疾病监测 work, ICF has assembled a seasoned team of experts with extensive experience in cancer 和 health data management, processing 和 quality validation; registry operations; 和 surveillance system design 和 architecture. These experts have cultivated long-st和ing working relationships with the individual state cancer registries 和 surveillance community at large. And they have the agility to accommodate the ever-changing data 和 security requirements 和 rapidly evolving technologies involved in this work.
ICF (纳斯达克:ICFI) is a global consulting 服务 company with approximately 7,500名全职和兼职员工, 但我们不是典型的顾问. 在ICF, business analysts 和 policy specialists work together with digital strategists, 数据科学家和创意人员. We combine unmatched industry expertise with cutting-edge engagement capabilities to help organizations solve their most complex challenges. 自1969年以来, public 和 private sector clients have worked with ICF to navigate change 和 shape the future. 在icf了解更多信息.com.
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