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Below you’ll find news, hot topics, and more information that matters in the world of public health data and surveillance inside and outside CDC.

The Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS) outlines the data, technology, policy, and administrative actions essential to exchange critical core data efficiently and securely across healthcare and public health.
The strategy is designed to describe a path to address gaps in public health data, helping the nation become response-ready, promote health equity, and improve health outcomes for all.
- Read our 2021 DMI Snapshot to explore our progress and discover highlights from what we accomplished together in 2021.
- The Data Modernization Initiative Strategic Implementation Plan lays out our key priorities and objectives for reaching the future state of public health data.
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- Discover how CDC’S new Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics will launch public health data forward.
- Explore the what, why, and how of the Data Modernization Initiative through our DMI Basics.
- See a timeline of notable CDC milestones and advancements in data modernization.

HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23, Healthcare IT News. HIMSS places advanced analytics and expanding data reporting capacities at the center of 2023 conference.

USDA prioritizing research into climate change, data infrastructure, nutritional equity, Federal News Network. Read about the USDA’s efforts to expand health equity with better data systems and IT modernization.

ONC proposes new rules for Cures Act implementation, certifications and more, Healthcare IT News. New proposed rules from ONC aim to improve interoperability, transparency, and more.
April
- HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23, Healthcare IT News, April 16, 2023
- USDA prioritizing research into climate change, data infrastructure, nutritional equity, Federal News Network, April 12, 2023
- ONC proposes new rules for Cures Act implementation, certifications and more, Healthcare IT News, April 11, 2023
- HIMSS report highlights cloud’s role in advancing connected health, Healthcare IT News, April 3, 2023
March
- Report: These 9 Trends are Reshaping Government in 2023, Nextgov, March 28, 2023
- 4 Changes to OMB Data Regulations That Could Improve Health Equity, Healthpayer Intelligence, March 28, 2023
- Treating public health disconnects with interoperable data, GCN, March 17, 2023
- Celebrating 5 years of the Technology Modernization Fund, Federal New Network, March 14, 2023
- In the era of public health threats, CDC modernization is a race against the clock, Healthcare IT News, March 14, 2023
February
- Goodbye, Johns Hopkins covid tracker, Washington Post, February 14, 2023
- AWS Touts Modular Data Center for Defense Department, NextGov, February 13, 2023
- Community Clinics Look to EHR Implementation to Up Patient Experience, EHR Intelligence, February 9, 2023
- CDC Push for More Pandemic Power Meets Republican Resistance, Bloomberg Law, February 8, 2023
January
- NJDOH Awarded CDC Grant to Modernize Data Analytics Infrastructure, Health IT Analytics, January 31, 2023
- Six Keys To Successful Digital Transformation, Forbes, January 25, 2023
- National Wastewater Surveillance for Infectious Diseases Worthy of Further Investment, Says New Report, National Academies, January 19, 2023
- ONC blogs give a glimpse of expanded support for federal programs, Health Data Management, January 17, 2023
- Governments View Open Source as Critical for Enhancing Digital Services, Experts Say, Nextgov, January 10, 2023
- State Department Creates First Office Devoted to Emerging Technology Diplomacy, Nextgov, January 4, 2023
- National Science Foundation Spearheads New Funding to Improve Diversity in AI Workforce, NextGov, January 3, 2023
December
- State Dept supporting ‘data for diplomacy’ through contracting modernization, Federal News Network, December 13, 2022
- CDC awards Palantir consolidated disease surveillance contract worth $443M, FedScoop, December 7, 2022
- White House looks to accelerate AI in government through its ‘Bill of Rights’, Federal News Network, December 5, 2022
November
- VA Has a Plan to Attract Workers Displaced by Widespread Tech Industry Layoffs Government Executive, November 25, 2022
- Census Targets Data Modernization, Cybersecurity Ahead of 2030 Rollout Nextgov, November 23, 2022
- What a Divided Government Could Mean for Tech Policy Nextgov, November 9, 2022
- How AI can help the public health sector face future crises VentureBeat, November 4, 2022
- Innovation Begins with Data GovLoop, November 4, 2022
- Federal Tech Leaders: ‘Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast’ GovCIO Media & Research, November 3, 2022
October
- Data Management Will Advance Open Source Software, Public Health Services, GovCIO, October 26, 2022.
- Accenture Federal Services Wins $189 Million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Contract, Accenture, October 13, 2022.
- GSA’s Tech Shops Face $30M Deficit After Priority Change Last Year, Nextgov, October 13, 2022.
- Monkeypox cases in the U.S. have been falling since a peak in early August, NPR, October 11, 2022.
- Census Bureau moving beyond surveys and censuses with cloud-based data ecoysystem, Fedscoop, October 5, 2022.
- Hawaii wastewater testing program shows decline in COVID-19, KITV, October 4, 2022.
September
- Biobot Analytics to Expand U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Wastewater Monitoring Program to Include Monkeypox Analysis, Yahoo!, September 29, 2022
- ‘Disaster to disaster’: Walensky decries underinvestment in public health, Stat News, September 23, 2022
- Lack of Data Still Blunts U.S. Response to Outbreaks, New York Times, September 20, 2022
- Three takeaways from the monkeypox hearing, Washington Post, September 15, 2022
- CalHHS Data Exchange Framework Set to Boost Interoperability, EHR Intelligence, September 13, 2022
- DHS Launches ‘Largest Customer Experience Hiring Initiative’ with Hundreds of Technologist Positions, Nextgov, September 9, 2022
- CDC Awards $9M for Development of Long COVID Surveillance System, Health IT Analytics, September 9, 2022
August
- OPM CIO: new digital services team proving key for IT modernization projects, Fedscoop, August 24, 2022
- Micky Tripathi Outlines Goals for Public Health Data Systems Task Force, Healthcare Innovation Group, August 17, 2022
- Hospitals to resume sending COVID-19 data to CDC, Healthcare IT News, August 16, 2022
- National Center for Health Statistics targeting fall launch of virtual data enclave, Fedscoop, August 11, 2022
- HHS Awards Nearly $1.8 Million to Missouri Community Health Centers to Advance Health Equity through Better Data, Ozark Radio News, August 8, 2022
- CDC, USPS Officials Detail Data Management Improvements , MeriTalk, August 3, 2022
- TMF Invests in Improving Public-Facing Services, Bolstering Cybersecurity, GSA, August 3, 2022
- CDC says states now required to report all monkeypox cases within 24 hours, MSN, August 3, 2022
July
- CDC set to make monkeypox a nationally notifiable condition, Politico, July 27, 2022
- CSTE Applauds Introduction of the Improving DATA in Public Health Act, Yahoo.com, July 25, 2022
- House shows love for some IT modernization funds, but not all of them, Federal News Network, July 25, 2022
- The unsung heroes of public health, CBS News, July 24, 2022
- U.S. Extends COVID Public Health Emergency Another 3 Months, Health Day, July 18, 2022
- U.S. CDC plans to improve international air contact tracing data collection, Reuters, July 11, 2022
June
- Google to create standalone public sector cloud services division , FedScoop, June 28, 2022
- Announcing the 2022 Finalists for the Data Team Democratization Award, DataBricks, June 22, 2022
- FedScoop announces the Best Bosses in Federal IT 2022, FedScoop, June 22, 2022
- A tale of two agencies trying to implement a new electronic health record, Federal News Network, June 22, 2022
- Racial Gaps Remain Despite Overall Jump in Life Expectancy, Health IT Analytics, June 21, 2022
- President Biden Nominates OSTP Director, Nextgov, June 21, 2022
- Expert Panel Calls for Overhaul of U.S. Public Health System, The New York Times, June 21, 2022
- New Technology Modernization Fund Investments to Boost Network Security for Critical Services, US General Services Administration, June 21, 2022
- Epic Says It Will Apply to be a QHIN Under TEFCA, Healthcare Innovation Group, June 16, 2022
- After a long-term study, evidence-based decisions need trustworthy data, Federal News Network, June 16, 2022
- Biden Administration Releases New IT Modernization Plan, Nextgov, June 10, 2022
- Bipartisan Bill Establishes All-Encompassing Federal Data Privacy Standards, Nextgov, June 6, 2022
May
- Innovation is the confluence of people and leading-edge technology, Federal News Network, May 31, 2022
- CDC looks to improve internal data sharing with centralized, cloud-based ecosystem, FedScoop, May 27, 2022
- Data: Elemental to Health Holds Briefings on Data Modernization Featuring Local Health Leaders
NACCHO, May 5, 2022
April
- Innovation in federal agencies is hard, but possible with these tips, Federal News Network, April 25, 2022
- Experts Weigh in on CDC’s New Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases, Health Day, April 22, 2022
- HHS aims to merge patient data across networks with new health IT system, Federal News Network, April 13, 2022
- Federal Data and Digital Maturity: Agencies Assess Where They Stand, Partnership for Public Service, April 6, 2022
March
- The CDC could lose access to key data to track Covid-19, CBS News, March 15, 2022
- Former CDC directors: Coordinating our nation’s health data will save lives, The Hill, March 10, 2022
- America’s virus trackers show cautious optimism over state of coronavirus pandemic, 60 Minutes, March 6, 2020
February
- Opinion: The pandemic shows we have set the CDC up to fail, The Hill, February 19, 2022
- FDA’s Modernization to Focus on Agency Mission and People, Nextgov, February 7, 2022
January
- ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Data Modernization and Privacy Protections, ASTHO, January 31, 2022
- ASTHO Policy Watch: Public Health Workforce, ASTHO, January 25, 2022
- DoD CDO sees leadership shakeup as agency ‘doubling down’ on data goals, Federal News Network, January 5, 2022
December
- Navy Launches SCOUT To Expand AI Capabilities, Nextgov, December 28, 2021
- How the Government Expanded its Supercomputing Assets in 2021, Nextgov, December 28, 2021
- Air Force Expands AI Training With Simulated Battle Plans, Nextgov, December 28, 2021
- Researchers to Harness America’s First Exascale Supercomputer in Summer 2022, EHR Intelligence, December 23, 2021
- A Multi-Cloud Roadmap for Federal Agencies, Nextgov, December 21, 2021
- Labor Seeks Members For Telecom Working Group Focused on 5G, Nextgov, December 21, 2021
- Tech Advocacy Groups Request More IDEA Act Guidance From OMB, Nextgov, December 21, 2021
- Air Force Chief Software Office Prepares ‘Big Questions’ for Next CSO, Nextgov, December 21, 2021
- Is artificial intelligence about to transform the mammogram?, WAPO, December 21, 2021
- How Open Data and Open-Source Approaches Can Help Federal Agencies Save Time and Lives, Nextgov, December 20, 2021
- AI Workforce Training Bill Clears Senate, Nextgov, December 20, 2021
- White House AI Initiative Launches Public Research Support Tools, Nextgov, December 20, 2021
- Defense Logistics Agency Enlists ‘Citizen Developers’ to Grow its RPA Bot Army, Nextgov, December 20, 2021
- Using the Hard Lessons of the Pandemic to Shape the Government’s Bioeconomy Policies, Nextgov, December 17, 2021
- Cloud underlies ability to modernize at speed of need, Federal News Network, December 15, 2021
- Better Collaboration Needed Between 18F, USDS To Reduce Overlap, GAO Says, Nextgov, December 14, 2021
- Senate Confirms John Sherman as Pentagon’s Tech Chief, Nextgov, December 17, 2021
- State Dept expects long-awaited online passport renewal system to launch by fall 2022, Federal News Network, December 17, 2021
- How agencies can apply comprehensive automation strategies across IT operations management, Federal News Network, December 16, 2021
- Special Report: Computing on the Edge, Nextgov, December 16, 2021
- Cyber Workforce Bill Clears Senate, Nextgov, December 16, 2021
- The Challenges of 2021 Bring Opportunities for 2022, Government Technology, December 15, 2021
- Cloud underlies ability to modernize at speed of need, Federal News Network, December 15, 2021
- DoD chief financial officers can help link ‘the boardroom to the battlespace’, Federal News Network, December 15, 2021
- Better Collaboration Needed Between 18F, USDS To Reduce Overlap, GAO Says, Nextgov, December 14, 2021
- 4 Federal Government IT Trends to Watch in 2022, FedTech, December 14, 2021
- Economist Calls for Deeper Examination of AI’s Risks, Nextgov, December 14, 2021
- What Lies Ahead for Federal IT Modernization, Nextgov, December 10, 2021
- OMB Guidance Heralds Automation of FISMA Reporting, Nextgov, December 6, 2021
- VA Aims To Reduce Administrative Tasks With AI, Machine Learning, Nextgov, December 6, 2021
- Breaking Down Data Silos in Federal Digital Transformation, Federal News Network, December 6, 2021
- Amazon Announces Second ‘Top Secret’ Cloud Region, Nextgov, December 6, 2021
- Defense agencies let experience inform planning and programming, Federal News Network, December 3, 2021
- House Lawmakers Look to Leverage Increased Telework Benefits in Federal Recruitment, Nextgov, December 3, 2021
- Data-Driven Government, Nextgov, December 2, 2021
- New House bill attempts to reinvigorate underperforming federal internship program, Federal News Network, December 2, 2021
- Building Out Digital Services Requires Balance and Customer Trust, Officials Say, Nextgov, December 2, 2021
- House Panel Examines Recruitment and Telework for the ‘Next Generation’ of Feds, Nextgov, December 2, 2021
- VA Revitalizes Plan For EHR System Rollout, Nextgov, December 2, 2021
- Ambitious Agency Modernization Efforts Demand Leadership Involvement, Nextgov, December 1, 2021
- Facing pressure for more talent, agencies get new resources from OPM to surge federal hiring, Federal News Network, December 1, 2021
November
- DoD’s campaign to drive digital transformation, Federal News Network, November 25, 2021
- Homeland Security Looking For Ideas on AI, Biological Surveillance, Nextgov, November 22, 2021
- The State of the Federal Tech Workforce, Nextgov, November 22, 2021
- GAO: Cultivating a Data-Centric Culture Can Help Recruit, Retain a Digitally-Savvy Workforce, Nextgov, November 22, 2021
- Public Health Admins Are Prioritizing Interoperability with EHR Modernization, Nextgov, November 19, 2021
- DoD picks Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle for multibillion dollar project to replace JEDI Cloud, Federal News Network, November 19, 2021
- Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle to Bid on Pentagon’s Next Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract, Nextgov, November 19, 2021
- Biden’s Management Agenda Highlights Need for High-Tech Federal Workforce, Nextgov, November 18, 2021
- CISA Gets Set to Deploy Updated DNS Resolver Service to Protect Federal Agencies, Nextgov, November 18, 2021
- USDA’s Bot Program Saves More Than 150,000 Hours Per Year, Nextgov, November 12, 2021
- Agency evaluation offices reviewing equity in pandemic spending and recovery, Federal News Network, November 17, 2021
- DIU Issues Step-by-Step Guide for Defense Stakeholders to ‘Responsibly’ Use AI, Nextgov, November 16, 2021
- Commerce Opens Bidding For $1.5B IT Modernization Contract, Nextgov, November 16, 2021
- DHS Launches Portal to Recruit—and Retain—Cybersecurity Talent, Nextgov, November 15, 2021
- National Guard Taps First Chief Data Officer, Nextgov, November 10, 2021
- Critical Update: Veterans Affairs Applies Mixed Reality Tech to Solve Real-World Health Issues, Nextgov, November 9, 2021
October
- Verizon Set to Lead Naval District Washington’s Pivot to a Modern Telecommunications Infrastructure, Nextgov, October 25, 2021
- What Agencies and Industry Can Learn from Sharing Cyber Threat Intel, Nextgov, October 25, 2021
- House Passes Bill to Protect Telecom Networks from Foreign Threats, Nextgov, October 21, 2021
- Why the Navy Is Pivoting to Implement Enterprisewide IT Services, Nextgov, October 21, 2021
- GAO Study Stresses Need for Steady Funding of Quantum Tech, Nextgov, October 21, 2021
- Operational Technology in the Crosshairs, Nextgov, October 19, 2021
- U.S. Moves Pandemic Data Tracking to CDC, Reversing Trump, Bloomberg, October 14, 2021
- Army Gets Strategic About Going Digital, Nextgov, October 14, 20214, 2021
- Federal Data Officers Council Seeks Input on Mission, Focus Areas, Nextgov, October 13, 2021
- Opinion: Public health is a national security issue, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 9, 2021
- 6 ways SASE helps agencies comply with the President’s Cyber EO, Federal News Network, October 13, 2021
- IT modernization helps agencies get more out of their data while decreasing spending, Federal News Network, October 12, 2021
September
- Health Technology in Action [Special Report], Nextgov, September 30, 2021
- How the Pandemic Changed the Government’s Health-Focused Buying, Nextgov, September 27, 2021
- How AI and Data Can Increase Resilience in the New Era of the Pandemic, Nextgov, September 24, 2021
- 10 Universities Picked to Help HHS Build Up Health IT Workforce, Nextgov, September 22, 2021
- Biology Must Generate Ideas as well as Data, Nature, September 13, 2021
- GSA Taps Tech Modernization Fund Chief, Nextgov, September 7,2021
August
- Biden Administration Announces Tech Talent Fellowship Effort, Nextgov, August 30,2021
- U.S. CDC to create new information center to forecast disease threats, Reuters, August 18, 2021
- DHA director: Information and technology drive effective pandemic response, Healthcare IT News, August 12, 2021
- How the Marine Corps is achieving the DoD’s Data Strategy | Federal News Network, Federal News Network, August 10, 2021
July
- House Bill Would Create Long-Awaited Software and Data Roles at Federal Agencies, Nextgov, July 20, 2021
- VA Secretary Outlines Structural Changes to EHR Rollout, Nextgov, July 15, 2021
- CDC to Modernize Immunization Information System, MeriTalk, July 13, 2021
- Bots starting to help DoD figure out right price for weapons systems, Federal News Network, July 6, 2021
- How AI Can Help with Critical Government System Maintenance Needs, Nextgov, July 2, 2021
June
- CIOs tackle barriers to innovation, telehealth integration, analytics and more, Healthcare IT News, June 18, 2021
- Feds Offer Tips to Better Leverage Agency Data, Nextgov, June 17, 2021
- When it comes to data modernization, ‘tech is only one part of the puzzle’, Healthcare IT News, June 10, 2021
- What I Learned in 33 Years at the CDC, The New York Times, June 10, 2021
May
- Biden Budget Boosts Federal IT Spending, Nextgov, May 28, 2021
- VA’s unreliable infrastructure estimates raise more questions about EHR’s cost, Federal News Network, May 27, 2021
- US birth and fertility rates drop to record lows in 2020, CDC says, ABC News, May 5, 2021
- Finalists for Government ‘Oscars’ Highlight Outstanding Federal Employees, Nextgov, May 3, 2021
April
- Survey: 2 in 3 IT Workers Say Automation Aided Productivity During COVID-19, Nextgov, April 28, 2021
- Health Modernization: Core IT Must Keep Up with Clinical Innovation, Nextgov, April 26, 2021
- Special Report: The Evolution of the FITARA Scorecard, Nextgov, April 21, 2021
- Lawmakers want to end 8-year debate over the definition of data centers, Federal News Network, April 20, 2021
- Meet two federal software developers: One at the start of their career and the other nearing the end, Nextgov, April 20, 2021
- How COVID-19 opened a new chapter for population and public health, Healthcare, Finance News, April 16, 2021
- The White House details a nearly $2 billion plan to enhance the tracking of variants, The New York Times, April 16, 2021
- Biden Requests Major Investments for Federal Tech and Cybersecurity, Nextgov, April 9, 2021
- How COVID-19 has transformed public policy and population health efforts, Healthcare Finance, April 1, 2021
March
- CDC Data Modernization Lead Outlines 4 Challenges To Tracking COVID-19, Fyne Fettle, March 30, 2021
- Health agency CIOs see no going back from pandemic transformations, Federal News Network, March 3, 2021
February
- U.S. administers 75.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC, Reuters, February 28, 2021
- Cultural Resistance Top Challenge Slowing IT Modernization, Survey Finds, Nextgov, February 25, 2021
- 4 Data Analytics Trends to Watch in 2021, Nextgov, February 12, 2021
- Lawmakers Want the U.S. to Enable Increased Use of IoT Devices, Nextgov, February 12, 2021
- How Forward-Thinking Investments Will Build the Future of Digital Government, Nextgov, February 5,2021
January
- Why Federal Information Governance Is a Team Sport, Nextgov, January 29, 2021
- White House Memo Creates Chief Science Officers at Federal Agencies, Nextgov, January 28, 2021
- HHS Makes Strategic Moves to Achieve Ultimate ‘Artificial Intelligence Ambition’, Nextgov, January 26,2021
- Synthetic Data Engine to Support NIH’s COVID-19 Research-Driving Effort, Nextgov, January 19, 2021
- Biden-Harris Admin Proposes $10B in New IT and Cyber Funding for Federal Agencies, Nextgov, January 15, 2021
- HHS Names First Ever Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Nextgov, January 15, 2021
2020
December
- No Failures in Latest FITARA Scorecard But 5 Agencies Slip, Nextgov, December 22, 2020
- Better data management requires more education, communication across enterprise, experts say, Federal News Network, December 18, 2020
- COVID-19 reshaped how federal employees work — but will it last? Federal News Network, December 9, 2020
- HHS releases facility-level data on COVID-19 hospital capacity, Healthcare IT News, December 8, 2020
- What’s next for cybersecurity in 2021? Ransomware-as-a-service, DDoS and more, Healthcare IT News, December 7, 2020
- Coronavirus Was In U.S. Weeks Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Says, NPR, December 1, 2020
November
- Army Builds Retention Prediction Model Using Machine Learning, Federal News Network, November 12, 2020
- Rapid Innovation Depends on Patient Codesign, Healthcare IT News, November 10, 2020
- Special Report: Benefits of Technology Modernization Fund validated, Federal News Network, November 9, 2020
- Analysts See ‘First Glimmers of Sustained Growth’ in Under-30 Federal IT Workforce, Nextgov, November 9, 2020
- VA Touts Successful First EHR Go-live: ‘A Lot of Things Worked’, Federal News Network, November 9, 2020
October
- DOD’s New Data Strategy Puts Decision-Makers in the Center, CDO Says, Nextgov, October 29, 2020
- NOAA Partners with Google to Boost Weather Forecasts with AI, Nextgov, October 28, 2020
- VA Marking Milestone with Initial EHR Rollout, But Long-term Road Ahead Still Unclear, Federal News Network, October 23, 2020
- What’s Next in IT Modernization, Nextgov, October 22, 2020
- How Customer Experience Leaders Are ‘Hardwiring’ CX Across Government, Nextgov, October 22, 2020
- ‘For the First Time In Many Years,’ OPM Has a Plan To Fix Its Tech, Nextgov, October 21, 2020
- VA Takes Important Step in Prep for New Health Records Launch, Nextgov, October 15, 2020
- IRS Drafting Plan to Decommission Legacy Systems as Part of Enterprise Cloud Migration, Federal News Network, October 14, 2020
- Pandemic-era Burnout: How Physicians Manage Crushing Workloads and IT Demands, Healthcare IT News, October 12, 2020
- HIEs’ Role in Supporting Public Health Efforts During COVID-19, Healthcare IT News, October 12, 2020
- DoD to Establish Data Commandments Based on New Strategy, Federal News Network, October 9, 2020
- Third Time’s the Charm? VA Sets New Date for Initial Electronic Health Record Rollout, Federal News Network, October 1, 2020
September
- Agencies Need to Hire and Retain the Right Talent to Fulfill the Mission, Federal News Network, September 12, 2020
- Hurd, Kelly Introduce Resolution to Encourage Governmentwide Vision of Artificial Intelligence, Nextgov, September 21, 2020
- Teens Want COVID-19 Advice That Gives Them Safe Ways to Socialize – Not Just Rules for What They Can’t Do, Nextgov, September 20, 2020
- Patients Want to Download Their Own Health Data, Report Shows, Healthcare IT News, September 17, 2020
- 20 Bold Predictions for Health IT in the Next 5 Years, Becker’s Health IT, September 11, 2020
- DeWitt Hospital Remotely Installs Cloud-based EHR that Helps with COVID-19 Care, Healthcare IT News, September 10, 2020
August
- Common Themes Among 5 Agency IT Modernization Plans, Federal News Network, August 18, 2020
- Data Democracy in the Data Age, Nextgov, August 18, 2020
- HHS CIO Arrieta Unexpectedly Resigns, Federal News Network, August 14, 2020
- AI Methods Make COVID-19 Forecasting More Local, Nextgov, August 10, 2020
- Agencies Need Younger, More Experienced Hackers, Federal Soup, August 4, 2020
- New Model Draws on Hospital Data to Help Health Officials Time COVID-19 Lockdowns, Healthcare IT News, August 3, 2020
- COVID-19 Sparks Debate on Future of Healthcare, Healthcare IT News, August 3, 2020
July
- Read Fauci, Redfield and Giroir’s Full Witness Testimony as Submitted to the House, PBS, July 31, 2020
- Top U.S. Officials to Head to Congress to Defend Virus Response, Bloomberg, July 31, 2020
- New Interoperability Rulings Push the Needle on FHIR Adoption, Healthcare IT News, July 23, 2020
- Preliminary FITARA Scores Look Good, Lawmaker Says, Nextgov, July 20, 2020
- Changing Paths During the Pandemic, CDC, July 2, 2020
June
- How COVID-19 Could Change the Makeup of the Federal Workforce, Nextgov, June 24, 2020
- WHO Releases New International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11) , World Health Organization, June 18, 2020
- NIH Unveils Centralized Resource for COVID-19 Patient Data, Nextgov, June 16, 2020
- Federal CIO Kent Sees a Bigger Opening to Push for IT Modernization, Federal News Network, June 15, 2020
- Accelerating Precision in Public Health Surveillance and Response, CDC, June 10, 2020
- The Importance of Proper Death Certification During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of the American Medical Association, June 10, 2020
- Congress Seeks Creation of National Research Cloud for Artificial Intelligence, Nextgov, June 5, 2020
May
- Hospitals Facing Big Hurdles to Public Health Data Reporting,Healthcare IT News, May 27, 2020
- Scaling AI: 3 Reasons Why Explainability Matters, Nextgov, May 26, 2020
- Federal Cloud Adoption: Remote Working Accelerates the Urgency, Federal News Network, May 25, 2020
- Apple, Google’s Contact Tracing API Goes Live, Mobihealth, May 20, 2020
- Federal Data Strategy Deadlines Shift Due to COVID-19, Nextgov, May 19, 2020
- Breaking Down Barriers for Drug Death Data, CDC, May 19, 2020
- Exclusive: CDC Plans Sweeping COVID-19 Antibody Study in 25 Metropolitan Areas, Reuters, May 18, 2020
- Agencies Lean Into Automation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nextgov, May 14, 2020
- It’s Official: Roat is the New Deputy Federal CIO, Federal News Network, May 12, 2020
- Virus Hunters Rely on Faxes, Paper Records as More States Reopen, Politico, May 10, 2020
- FHIR-based System for EHRs Cut Search Time From 3 Minutes to 5 Seconds, Healthcare IT News, May 5, 2020
- Improved Interoperability is Key to Managing COVID-19 Spread, Healthcare IT News, May 4, 2020
- GSA to Partner with NIH in Centers of Excellence Initiative, Nextgov, May 4, 2020
April
- CDC Adds New Symptoms to Its List of Possible Covid-19 Signs, The New York Times, April 27, 2020
- Supercomputing System Fighting COVID-19 Gets Upgrade, Nextgov, April 24,2020
- How South Korea Flattened the Coronavirus Curve with Technology, Nextgov, April 24, 2020
- Creating a Viable Resource for Coronavirus Information, Federal News Network, April 23, 2020
- Self-Reported Symptoms Pave Way for COVID-19 Forecasting, Nextgov, April 21, 2020
- States Start Hiring Battalions of Contact Tracers to Track Covid-19, Nextgov, April 20, 2020
- Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver, New York Times, April 19,2020
- Groups Urge Congress to Fund Federal Tech Upgrades in Next COVID Stimulus Bill, Nextgov, April 16, 2020
- The Pandemic Is a Clarion Call to Remove Barriers to Innovation, Nextgov, April 16, 2020
- Artificial Intelligence That Can Evolve On Its Own is Being Tested by Google Scientists, Newsweek, April 15, 2020
- COVID-19: U.K. Government Unveils NHS Contact-Tracing Phone App As Next Step In Fighting Disease, Forbes, April 12,2020
- Congress Hears Options—And Concerns—for Using Smartphone Data to Fight COVID-19, Nextgov, April 10
- Google, Apple Work Together on APIs to Track COVID-19 Spread: 5 Details, Becker’s Hospital Review, April 10, 2020
- 3 Keys to Full Spectrum Data Management, Nextgov, April 10, 2020
- Deaths of Despair: How Connecting Opioid Data Extends the Possibilities for Suicide Research, CDC, April 9, 2020
- COVID-19: How the Coronavirus Crisis Will Change the Care Model, Healthcare IT News, April 8, 2020
- How Companies, Governments and People Rise to the Conoravirus Challenge, Nextgov, April 8, 2020
- Mid-Pandemic, CDC Looks to Upgrade Its Biosurveillance Database, Nextgov, April 7, 2020
- White House Expands Coronavirus-Focused Supercomputing Consortium, Nextgov, April 7, 2020
- During Pandemic, CDC Aims to Hire Chief Data Officer, Nextgov, April 2, 2020
- ONC, HIMSS Put Focus on Collaborative COVID-19 Response, Healthcare IT News, April 1, 2020
- CDC’s ‘Disease Detectives’ are on the Coronavirus Case, Yahoo News, April 1, 2020
March
- CDC: 30% of Americans with COVID-19, Underlying Conditions Require Hospitalization, UPI, March 31, 2020
- In the Era of Public Health Emergencies, Interoperability Rules are a Beacon for More Precision in Public Health, CDC, March 30, 2020
- How Providence Outfitted its EHR within 24 Hours of its 1st COVID-19 Patient, Becker’s Hospital Review, March 27, 2020
- Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Focus on Strengths, Weaknesses of EHRs, Healthcare IT News, March 26, 2020
- Emerging Tech Offices Come Together on Long-term Plan to Combat Coronavirus, Federal News Network, March 25, 2020
- Health IT Heavy-Hitters Join Forces for COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, Healthcare IT News, March 24, 2020
- How the Federal Tech Community Is Coping With COVID-19, Nextgov, March 24, 2020
- White House Launches Supercomputing Consortium to Fight COVID-19, Nextgov, March 23, 2020
- Atlanta Mayor Signs 14-day Stay-at-home Order Due to Corona Pandemic, AJC, March 23, 2020
- CDC Launches COVID-19 Bot to Help You Decide If You Need to See a Doctor, Nextgov, March 20, 2020
- Ad Council, along with White House, CDC, HHS and Major Media Networks, to Launch National PSAs in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic, Ad Council, March 19, 2020
- From Swine Flu to the Coronavirus: How Tech is Helping to Flatten the Curve This Time, Beckers Hospital Review, March 18, 2020
- A New View of Life Expectancy, CDC, March 12, 2020
- UW Medicine CIO’s Advice: Prepping IT Systems for COVID-19, Healthcare IT News, March 12, 2020
- CDC Demands Airlines Provide More Passenger Data During COVID-19 Outbreak, Nextgov, March 12, 2020
- Coronavirus Research Highlights AI, Data Applications in Biotech, Morning Brew, March 9, 2020
- Government and Tech Conferences Alter Plans Due to Coronavirus, Nextgov, March 6, 2020
- Technology Can Help Diagnose, Contain COVID-19 – Within Limits, Healthcare IT News, March 5, 2020.
February
- First Instance of VA’s New Electronic Health Record System Now Scheduled For July, Nextgov, February 28, 2020
- CDC Launches Future of Work Task Force Amid Threat of Aging Workforce, Federal News Network, February 27, 2020
- CDC Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the U.S., The New York Times, February 25,2020.
- Agencies Grasping the Cost, Benefit Analyses of Moving to the Cloud, Federal News Network, February 19, 2020.
- Securing the Government Cloud, Nextgov, February 13, 2020
- Trump’s Budget Pushes Bonuses and Reskilling to Build Up IT Workforce, Nextgov, February 12, 2020
- Federal Tech Guide to Trump’s 2021 Budget, Nextgov, February 11, 2020
- Dr Don Rucker on Interoperability, FHIR and Global Collaboration, Healthcare IT News, February 5, 2020
January
- GSA Official: Agencies Should Build Testing Data and Environments Specifically for AI, Nextgov, January 29, 2020
- State Department CIO’s Plan to Reengineer Agency’s IT Process, Nextgov, January 28, 2020
- An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus, Wired, January 25, 2020
- A CISA Release Noting the Guidance Directs Administrators to an Analysis of Microsoft Office 365, Nextgov, January 24, 2020
- New Federal Website Design Standards Emphasize ‘Continuous Improvement’, Federal News Network, January 23, 2020
- VA’s Artificial Intelligence Director Details AI Institute’s Early Efforts, Nextgov, January 22, 2020
- GSA Publishes Web Standards for Year-Old Digital Services Law, Nextgov, January 22, 2020
- Your Fitbit Could Help Health Officials Predict Flu Outbreaks in Real-Time, CNN, January 16, 2020
- CDC: More Than 15% of U.S. Adults Physically Inactive, The Washington Times, January 16, 2020
- Many Vaping-Related Lung Injury Victims Used THC Products From ‘Informal Sources,’ CDC Says, Philly Voice, January 15, 2020
- Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Worldwide Deaths, NPR, January 16, 2020
- Don’t Die Wondering: Apps May Soon Be Able to Predict Your Life Expectancy, but Do You Want to Know?, Nextgov, January 15, 2020
- Google Under Fire for its Efforts to Access Health Records, Health Data Management, January 14, 2020
- AMIA Seeks Policy Refinements in its Comments to NIH and FDA, Health Data Management, January 14, 2020
- FITARA Hits Its 5-year Anniversary, Nextgov, January 13, 2020
- FDA’s Data Strategy Modernization Starts With Public Outreach, Nextgov, January 7, 2019
- Tackling Transformative change: Investing in Data, Talent and Technology, Health Data Management, January 7, 2020
- Overcoming a Collective Failure of Imagination—How to Diagnose It and What to Do About It, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, January 1, 2020