CDC strategy supports data exchange during public health threats

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched its updated Public Health Data Strategy for 2024-2025.

First launched in 2023, the strategy outlines the data, technology, policy and administrative actions needed to address challenges in data exchange among health care organizations and public health authorities. The strategy has helped position the U.S. to better detect and respond in near-real time to health threats and share information with the public, according to the CDC.

In 2023, the number of health care facilities using electronic case reporting increased. Electronic case reporting helps move data on actionable threats quickly and securely from health care facilities to state, tribal, local and territorial public health agencies.

“We need a modernized public health data infrastructure that is seamlessly connected to the healthcare data and information technology ecosystem to effectively protect the health of communities across the country,” said CDC Director Mandy Cohen, M.D. “Data are the oxygen that powers our ability to detect and respond to health threats. Early detection and monitoring of health threats rely on timely data in order for us to investigate and respond effectively.”

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