The Project

Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) is open-source public health surveillance software. RODS collects and analyzes disease surveillance data in real time and has been in development since 1999 by the RODS Laboratory. In 2002, the Utah Department of Health used the software for monitoring during the Winter Olympics Games. At present, health departments and other groups in the United States, Canada and Taiwan use the software.

The open-source phase of the project began in August, 2003, when the University of Pittsburgh released the source code under the GNU GPL. (The software is currently licensed under the Affero GPL -- so we could close the services provider loophole. Groups that utilize version 4.2.5 or later of RODS must release their improvements to the open source project according to this license.) At the same time, the RODS Laboratory created this web site to distribute the source code and to encourage developers, consultants, academics, and companies to participate in the creation of the most innovative outbreak and disease surveillance software in existence.

For additional information about the RODS software, go to the introduction . For information about how to participate in development of RODS, go to the contribute page

Announcements

- Check out the screenshots of 5.0!
- CoCo and SyCo are now in the subversion repository and ripe for developers

RODS 5.0 is now in alpha in our subversion repository.

What's new:
- Admin interface
- No more ArcGIS dependency, uses PostGIS and Google Earth
- Simplified HL7 listener, we recommend Mirth as an integration engine
- Mavenized build
- Integrated algorithm runner (still working on this)
- SQL create for Oracle and MSSQL

Wiki Documentation:
http://www.generalbiodefense.com/wiki

With your help we can get to a solid BETA and release!

Upcoming Meetings and Events

RODS Deployments
3/8/2006

If you know of ongoing deployments, let us know so we can update the table above. Thanks.