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The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19

Blog,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Quality Improvement,
Accreditation,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Population Health and Prevention,
Data Modernization

Public health data collection and surveillance systems by health departments are in dire need of modernization. Though the public health community began developing a path to modernization over the last decade, attention to this issue from ...

Public Health Highlights of President’s FY22 Budget Proposal

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Funding,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Opioids,
Overdose Prevention,
Preparedness,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Data Modernization,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Grants and Contracts Management,
Public Health Workforce

In May 2021, President Biden released full details of the fiscal year 2022 budget. Overall, the budget request combines President Biden's American Jobs Plan, his American Families Plan, and funding priorities for the Pentagon and ...

How Can Public Health Data Take a Lead Role? Find Out at the COVID-19 TechXpo

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Preparedness,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Pandemics,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Telehealth,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Blog,
J.T. Lane,
Data Modernization,
Event,
Partnership

While COVID-19 has shown some of the best attributes of the U.S. public health system, it has exposed the weaknesses of our data systems—wrought by chronic underfunding and further exacerbated by siloed, categorical funding and planning. ...

Leading Health Security Efforts Through Strategic Collaboration and Innovation

Blog,
Partnership,
Preparedness,
Natural Disasters,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Strategic Planning,
Public Health Workforce,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Disability Inclusion,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Environmental Health,
Climate and Health,
Informatics and Surveillance,
Infectious Disease,
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
Data Modernization,
Margaret Nilz

Leading Health Security Efforts Through Strategic Collaboration and Innovation Margaret Nilz This blog post illustrates how health agencies' strategic plans can improve health security and emergency preparedness. Strategic planning is ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Funding,
Healthcare Access,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Data Modernization

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...