Public Health Data Exchange Through Health Information Exchange Organizations: National Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed major gaps in public health agencies' (PHAs') data and reporting infrastructure, which limited the ability of public health officials to conduct disease surveillance, particularly among racial or ethnic minorities disproportionally affected by the pandemic. Leveraging existing health information exchange organizations (HIOs) is one possible mechanism to close these technical gaps, as HIOs facilitate health information sharing across organizational boundaries.

Objective

The aim of the study is to survey all HIOs that are currently operational in the United States to assess HIO connectivity with PHAs and HIOs' capabilities to support public health data exchange.

Methods

Drawing on multiple sources, we identified all potential lo

SUBMITTER: Rosenthal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611779 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature