Summary of CDC’s Data Modernization Strategy (2023-2025)
This document outlines the CDC’s strategy for modernizing public health data systems, focusing on early threat detection and real-time monitoring. The core goal is to improve public health response by streamlining data sharing between healthcare providers and public health agencies, ultimately minimizing the burden on healthcare partners.
Key Achievements (2023-2024):
* Increased Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) Adoption: Notable progress made in getting healthcare providers to electronically submit case reports.
* Expanded Electronic Lab Reporting: 90% of CDC labs now electronically share data wiht health departments, accelerating details dissemination.
* Routinized Real-Time Reporting: 78% of US hospital EDs provide data to the CDC within 24 hours via the National Syndromic Surveillance Program, enabling monitoring of various health threats.
* improved Rural data Access: eCR implementation increased in critical access hospitals (CAHs) from ~300 to 380.
* respiratory Virus Data Channel: Launched a publicly accessible tool providing up-to-date data on COVID-19,flu,and RSV,receiving over 4 million visits.
Future Direction (2024-2025):
The updated strategy focuses on:
* Accelerating eCR Adoption: Continued focus on increasing eCR, particularly among CAHs.
* Connecting Public Health to Health IT: Utilizing frameworks like TEFCA to facilitate faster data sharing with healthcare systems.
* Expanding Core Data Sources: Strengthening data exchange and integration from sources like wastewater, hospitalization rates, and hospital bed capacity, alongside existing sources (eCR, ED, lab, vital statistics). Emphasis on improved data visualization for real-time monitoring.
* Prioritizing health Equity: Increasing reporting on social determinants of health data to address health disparities.
In essence, the CDC is working to build a more connected, responsive, and equitable public health data ecosystem.
