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NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data

Weekly hospital admissions, ICU bed occupancy, and inpatient capacity for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV from CDC NHSN.

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About

The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is the nation's most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system, managed by the CDC. Following the transition of federal hospital respiratory surveillance from HHS TeleTracking, NHSN collects mandatory and voluntary weekly reporting from acute care hospitals on inpatient bed utilization, intensive care unit (ICU) capacity, and new hospital admissions for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Through Fibric, an operator references jurisdictional hospital bed occupancy rates and respiratory admission velocity, proposing business continuity escalations, localized work-from-home recommendations, and employee health support in areas experiencing severe healthcare system strain.

This is a reference listing. It documents what Fibric would read from NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data and what it could propose, based on the publisher's published interfaces. Fibric builds it under a managed deployment when you request it; selecting it here installs nothing.

Inputs

  • Weekly confirmed hospital admissions for COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
  • Total inpatient bed occupancy and ICU bed utilization percentages across state hospital systems
  • Pediatric inpatient and ICU bed capacity metrics and respiratory admission counts
  • Hospital facility reporting compliance rates and data completeness indicators by state jurisdiction
  • SODA REST API endpoints providing time-series hospital capacity tables on data.cdc.gov

Proposed actions

Read-only. This feed informs operators; it changes nothing.

Proposed actions are target capabilities. Every action runs propose-first and needs a validated deployment and the appropriate permissions.

What you can build

  • Gauge community healthcare system pressure for continuity planning

    Monitor state-level hospital ICU occupancy and respiratory admissions, proposing business continuity precautions and remote work flexibility when local healthcare systems face capacity strain.

    With Shift Coverage, Site Benchmark

  • Align employee wellness support with hospital strain indicators

    Correlate hospital respiratory admissions with operational workforce hubs, proposing expanded virtual care resources and seasonal vaccination clinics in heavily impacted jurisdictions.

    With Shift Coverage, Open Shift Offer

Requirements

  • HTTP client to query Socrata SODA REST API or parse automated CSV downloads
  • Mapping logic from state and regional hospital data to operational facility geographies
  • Handling of weekly surveillance reporting dates ending on Saturdays
Authentication
None. Hospital respiratory datasets on data.cdc.gov are openly available without mandatory authentication; an optional Socrata app token provides higher query rate limits.

Limits

  • Metrics reflect reporting acute care and critical access hospitals; non-reporting facilities are excluded
  • Data updates weekly and is subject to retroactive facility data revisions
  • Hospital utilization reflects regional clinical capacity rather than individual patient health status

Access and pricing

Reference listing. Public feed access is separate from Fibric integration. If you request this feed, your quote covers the build, usage, and support.

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Questions and answers

What hospital metrics does NHSN collect?
NHSN reports weekly hospital admissions, inpatient bed occupancy, and ICU utilization for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV across all 50 states.
How frequently is NHSN hospital data updated?
CDC publishes updated hospital respiratory surveillance datasets weekly on data.cdc.gov, typically on Friday afternoons.
What license applies to NHSN hospital data?
Hospital respiratory data published on data.cdc.gov is in the public domain and available freely for commercial and analytical applications.
Ask about NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data

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This Commons signal listing is developed, published, and supported by Fibric. It reads public data published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC / cdc.gov/nhsn). Upstream agencies and projects are the property of their respective owners, who are not affiliated with Fibric and do not sponsor or endorse this listing. Trademark policy