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    CDC is improving the systems and approaches we use to gather and connect data in many ways, including through the Public Health Data Modernization Initiative.

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    Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future
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    Read our stories and blogs to learn more about the innovative work, programs, collaborations, and people driving surveillance and data at CDC...and beyond.

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    • Strategies for Improvementplus icon
      • Surveillance Strategy Reportplus icon
        • Introduction
        • A Stepwise Approach
        • Notable Milestonesplus icon
          • Notable Milestones (graphic)
        • Public Health Surveillance at CDC
      • Taking the Initiativeplus icon
        • Pulse Check: Our Progressplus icon
          • Pulse Check (graphic)
        • How Tracking Deaths Protects Health
        • How Counting Disease Cases Prompts Action
        • Lab Reporting
        • When Symptoms Send a Signal
        • Connecting Data Helps Combat the Opioid Epidemic
      • Innovationplus icon
        • When Informatics Promotes Innovation
        • How Sharing Advances Surveillance
        • How Sharing Data Digitally Benefits Health
        • Better Data Connections
        • How a Forward-Thinking Workforce Drives Progress
      • CDC Data and IT Transformation
      • Moving Aheadplus icon
        • Preparing for the Future
        • References and Credits
    • Projectsplus icon
      • Data Modernization Initiative Catalog of Data Resourcesplus icon
        • Instructions for Use of Catalog
        • Catalog of Data Resource
      • National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System
      • Public Health Data Modernization Initiativeplus icon
        • Modernizing for New and Complex Threats
        • Notable Milestones: 2019-2020
      • Bridging Public Health And Health Care
      • Improving Surveillance and Data
      • Connecting Real Time Data
      • Revolutionizing Public Health Data Systems
      • Moving Lab Reporting At The Speed Of Light
      • Modernizing Death Reportingplus icon
        • Improving Data on Drug Overdose Deaths
        • Understanding Death Data
      • Modernizing Notifiable Diseases
      • When Informatics Promotes Innovation
    • What’s Newplus icon
      • Media Resources and Select Data Releases
    • Publications and Resourcesplus icon
      • Public Health Data Modernization Executive Summaryplus icon
        • Meeting Highlights
        • Opening Remarks
        • What’s Coming in 2022 and What Opportunities Does This Present for Public Health?
        • Overview HL7® FHIR® and Bulk FHIR
        • Federated EHR Data for Public Health Surveillance, Including Cloud and Open APIs
        • Needs of State and Local Public Health Partners
        • Policy Considerations to Help Protect Patient Privacy
        • Overview of ONC’s Standards Version Advancement Process
        • Next Steps to Support Real-World Testing
        • Appendix A: Questions and Answers
        • Appendix B: Biographies
    • Blogs and Storiesplus icon
      • Making Modernization Work… For Everyone
      • Charting a Different Course for Death Data
      • To Make Death Data Faster, Just Listen
      • Interoperability Begins with People
      • Breaking Down Barriers for Drug Death Data
      • A New View of Life Expectancy
      • Data Science Reveals Suicide Trends
      • Deaths of Despair: How Connecting Opioid Data Extends the Possibilities for Suicide Research
      • Drugs, Death, and Data
      • Modernizing the Flow of Death Data is Lifesaving Work
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