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Helix, CDC Expand Partnership to Advance Viral Surveillance Program

December 16, 2022 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and viral surveillance company Helix have formed a partnership to build a pan-respiratory viral surveillance program to improve the nation’s preparedness for the next public health emergency. "The devastating impact of COVID-19 has highlighted the critical importance of preparing for novel...

CDC Leverages De-Identified Health Datasets for Public Health

October 13, 2021 by Hannah Nelson

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected cloud-based health IT vendor PointClickCare to provide de-identified real-world data to support public health priorities. The health...

ONC Promotes Public Health IT Workforce Development, Diversity

September 27, 2021 by Hannah Nelson

ONC has awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT Workforce Program) which aims to train the next...

Senate Bill Would Modernize Public Health IT Infrastructure

June 13, 2019 by Fred Donovan

A bipartisan Senate bill introduced this week would invest $100 million per year in modernizing the public health IT infrastructure in the United States. The Saving Lives Through Better Data Act,...

Public Health Reporting Threatened by Workforce Exodus

October 28, 2015 by Frank Irving

Expansive planning for creation of an interoperable health system over the next decade includes a final stage, from 2021-2024, when public health agencies and researchers will leverage real-time data...

Stage 3 Meaningful Use Requires Infrastructure for PHAs, CDRs

March 24, 2015 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

As part of the meaningful use's end-goal to leverage health IT in support of population health management, its next and final phase — Stage 3 Meaningful Use — requires a new approach to...