Expected Outcomes

Goals

By the end of 2024, 2-year milestones strive to ensure^*

Goal 1: Strengthen the core of public health

Goals

Goal 1: Strengthen the core of public health

States, tribes, localities, and territories (STLTs) have reduced reporting burden as case data is electronically reported in a consistent format, using a CDC Front Door concept
Public health labs can forecast needs better with integrated, electronic ability to see test orders before samples arrive and ensure faster exchange of orders and test results with submitters
STLTs can access lab reports more quickly and through multiple pathways, enabling faster public health action (e.g., case investigation, contact tracing)
CDC can access lab, case, and mortality data faster, enabling robust situational awareness that informs decision-making across the nation
STLTs and CDC programs have access to more early warning signals from emergency departments (EDs), with up to 80% participation by US non-federal EDs in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)

By the end of 2024, 2-year milestones strive to ensure^*

States, tribes, localities, and territories (STLTs) have reduced reporting burden as case data is electronically reported in a consistent format, using a CDC Front Door concept
Public health labs can forecast needs better with integrated, electronic ability to see test orders before samples arrive and ensure faster exchange of orders and test results with submitters
STLTs can access lab reports more quickly and through multiple pathways, enabling faster public health action (e.g., case investigation, contact tracing)
CDC can access lab, case, and mortality data faster, enabling robust situational awareness that informs decision-making across the nation
STLTs and CDC programs have access to more early warning signals from emergency departments (EDs), with up to 80% participation by US non-federal EDs in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)

Goal 2: Accelerate access to analytic and automated solutions to support public health investigations and advance health equity

Goals

Goal 2: Accelerate access to analytic and automated solutions to support public health investigations and advance health equity

STLTs and CDC can identify emerging threats in all parts of the nation in a timely way as more critical access hospitals in rural communities send case data electronically
STLTs can address gaps in the public health workflow such as linking case, lab, and immunization records to enrich data and inform public health action through reusable technologies
STLTs and communities can identify, prevent, and mitigate disproportionate impact on populations through use of automated reports provided by CDC, using CDC public health databases

By the end of 2024, 2-year milestones strive to ensure^*

STLTs and CDC can identify emerging threats in all parts of the nation in a timely way as more critical access hospitals in rural communities send case data electronically
STLTs can address gaps in the public health workflow such as linking case, lab, and immunization records to enrich data and inform public health action through reusable technologies
STLTs and communities can identify, prevent, and mitigate disproportionate impact on populations through use of automated reports provided by CDC, using CDC public health databases

Goal 3: Visualize and share insights to inform public health action

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Goal 3: Visualize and share insights to inform public health action

STLTs and CDC programs receive quicker access to data and insights from Core Data Sources¹
Americans can access near real-time data and visualizations made available via a centralized data dissemination platform (e.g., a Public Health Data Channel like the National Weather Service) to improve understanding and inform decisions about public health risks

By the end of 2024, 2-year milestones strive to ensure^*

STLTs and CDC programs receive quicker access to data and insights from Core Data Sources¹
Americans can access near real-time data and visualizations made available via a centralized data dissemination platform (e.g., a Public Health Data Channel like the National Weather Service) to improve understanding and inform decisions about public health risks

Goal 4: Advance more open and interoperable public health data

Goals

Goal 4: Advance more open and interoperable public health data

CDC establishes a strategic pathway of data exchange with providers’ electronic health records (EHRs) through at least 2 initial Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) for public health use case pilots
CDC and STLTs increase data exchange back to healthcare providers, helping to inform clinical decision-making
Data use and access are easier through established, standardized agreements (e.g., for sharing emergency department data with CDC programs, STLTs), enabling quicker access to minimal data necessary for response during a public health emergency
CDC has measurably and securely increased the number of accessible open public health data sets for timely use and faster insights

By the end of 2024, 2-year milestones strive to ensure^*

CDC establishes a strategic pathway of data exchange with providers’ electronic health records (EHRs) through at least 2 initial Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) for public health use case pilots
CDC and STLTs increase data exchange back to healthcare providers, helping to inform clinical decision-making
Data use and access are easier through established, standardized agreements (e.g., for sharing emergency department data with CDC programs, STLTs), enabling quicker access to minimal data necessary for response during a public health emergency
CDC has measurably and securely increased the number of accessible open public health data sets for timely use and faster insights

* Outcomes listed are not exhaustive but are illustrative of the Public Health Data Strategy’s expected two-year impacts

1. Accomplishing the Public Health Data Goals requires collaboration and partnership with STLTs, healthcare partners, and other federal agencies