Transforming Public Health Data Systems to Advance the Population’s Health

Policy Points Accurate and reliable data systems are critical for delivering the essential services and foundational capabilities of public health for a 21st‐century public health infrastructure. Chronic underfunding, workforce shortages, and operational silos limit the effectiveness of America'...

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Published in:The Milbank quarterly 2023-04, Vol.101 (S1), p.674-699
Main Authors: KADAKIA, KUSHAL T., DESALVO, KAREN B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Data
Data Systems
Health care policy
Health Care Reform
Health information
Health Policy
Health status
Humans
Infrastructure
interoperability
Modernization
Perspective
Policy making
Population policy
Public Health
Public Health Systems and Structures
Public works
Shortages
System effectiveness
Workforce
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Summary:Policy Points Accurate and reliable data systems are critical for delivering the essential services and foundational capabilities of public health for a 21st‐century public health infrastructure. Chronic underfunding, workforce shortages, and operational silos limit the effectiveness of America's public health data systems, with the country's anemic response to COVID‐19 highlighting the results of long‐standing infrastructure gaps. As the public health sector begins an unprecedented data modernization effort, scholars and policymakers should ensure ongoing reforms are aligned with the five components of an ideal public health data system: outcomes and equity oriented, actionable, interoperable, collaborative, and grounded in a robust public health system.
ISSN:0887-378X
1468-0009
DOI:10.1111/1468-0009.12618