Organizations
National organizations and public health associations support CDC’s data modernization efforts in a variety of ways. Activities include:
- Increasing awareness of data modernization goals and activities
- Providing perspectives on priorities and strategies for modernizing public health data and surveillance
- Identifying challenges that delay modernization efforts and possible solutions
- Strengthening data modernization capacity at the national, state, and local levels
- Supporting workforce development
- Highlighting data modernization successes
Learn More About Our Partners' Data Modernization Activities
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC)
- CDC Foundation
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Public Health Informatics Institute
Partner Highlight: CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation has been a long-trusted partner for CDC and in the past years became an invaluable partner for data modernization. The Foundation supports CDC’s work by connecting us with a variety of groups across the public health landscape so we can better understand data modernization needs and barriers. Specific activities the Foundation has facilitated thus far include
- Hosting listening sessions with healthcare associations, industry, electronic health records market suppliers, and health information exchanges
- Organizing informational webinars to provide updates on CDC’s data modernization efforts
- Ensuring that health departments at all levels and community-based organizations are included in data modernization discussions and activities
- Supporting a fellowship program for technology experts from the private sector to help CDC with specific, short-term data modernization projects