Session Summary

Join this session to orient yourself to the technical and implementation assistance provided through the Data Modernization Implementation Center (IC) Program and broader constellation of programs aimed at advancing data modernization. Hear from CDC on how these programs can work synergistically to accelerate data modernization progress. Then, learn from your peers as public health department leaders share how they selected their IC projects and are working to align funding streams to achieve broader data modernization goals. This session will also highlight health department strategies for navigating challenges, maximizing impact, and sustaining progress across programs.

Presenter(s):

• Moderator: Abigail Viall, Acting Lead, Technology Implementation Office, Office of Public Health Data Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST), CDC
• Aparna Priyadarshi, Deputy Commissioner, Chief Public Health Informaticist, Chicago Department of Public Health
• John Ray Taitano II, Program Director, Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services – State Office
• Reid Potter, Data Modernization Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention [Virtual Speaker]
• Edgardo Borja Padlan, Data Modernization Specialist, Ministry of Health and Human Services, Marshall Islands
• Marcia Pearlowitz, Data Modernization Director, Maryland Department of Health
• Evan Mobley, Research Manager, Bureau of Health Care Analysis and Data Dissemination, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

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