At a glance
As the response arm of the One CDC Data Platform (1CDP), RREDI has played a mission-critical role for many major public health events.
About RREDI
RREDI is a suite of shared tools and services within 1CDP dedicated to emergency readiness and response. RREDI connects key response data and offers cutting-edge tools so that CDC and its partners can provide timely insights for response-related decisions.
RREDI supports transition from siloed, redundant data systems and tools by:
- Automating response data management processes
- Creating a shared picture of situational awareness
- Focusing on reusable tools and processes
Results:
- Improved early threat detection
- Reduced response time
- Efficient use of resources
RREDI Users
RREDI Users include academic institutions; state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) partners; and federal agencies.
Although RREDI tools are not publicly accessible, their data and outputs can be viewed in the COVID Data Tracker.
RREDI's tools and services enable response teams to create data pipelines, integrate disparate data sources, standardize dashboards and reporting tools, and securely share protected data with partners.
RREDI tools used during major response efforts include:
Bulk Upload Tool: During the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC's National Wastewater Surveillance System used a RREDI Bulk Upload Tool. Instead of manual data entry, users submitted large amounts of wastewater data in just a few clicks. Partners shared more data more frequently, enhancing tracking and response efforts. This tool has since been reused across multiple responses.
Interagency Readiness and Response Hub: CDC's Mpox Clade I team relied on the Interagency Readiness and Response Hub, a secure collaboration space for large-scale responses. This hub includes access to situational awareness dashboards that bring together federal partners, ensuring a coordinated response and improving transparency.
Response Dashboard: The reuseable Response Dashboard template with standard layout, content, and underlying data structure can be quickly tailored for a specific response. This feature minimizes time required to stand up reporting structures.
RREDI Supports Responses
RREDI Supports Responses
RREDI tools have supported multiple foodborne responses across the nation, including salmonella outbreaks, and other major public health events:
E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) (2019): RREDI automated manual data collection, cleaning, and analysis tasks resulting in:
- 95% reduction in time required to provide actionable reports to STLT health departments and CDC leadership.
- 80% reduction in staffing required to support the response.
COVID-19 (2020): Responders used RREDI to manage over a petabyte of data, integrate hundreds of data sources from various partners, and support real-time data sharing.
Mpox (2022 and 2024): RREDI tools and templates enabled the Mpox team to stand up the 2024 response in mere hours with 65% fewer people than prior responses. Time savings were achieved through innovative tools, such as an automated matching tool that connects case (patient) and lab data.
Marburg (2024): The Marburg response team used RREDI tools to deploy and begin data exchange with STLT partners in record time. For the first time, text messaging data was ingested and analyzed in-platform. This allowed information from travelers returning from affected countries to be integrated with other traveler data. These tools expanded situational awareness for the Marburg response.
By The Numbers
1CDC Data Platform
7250+
Active CDC users in-platform
610
Active external partner organizations in-platform
20+
Active federal agencies
RREDI
120+
STLT agencies, including State/Local Health Departments and Public Health Labs who accessed RREDI for response.
20+
Academic Institutions, including John Hopkins University, Yale and Cornell, who accessed RREDI for response.
Learn More
STLT partners with access to 1CDP can find in-platform resources at 1CDP Training and Documentation for STLT and External Partners. Platform access is required as these resources are not publicly accessible.
STLT partners interested in requesting access to RREDI tools within 1CDP should contact the helpdesk at 1CDP@cdc.gov.