The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with three national partners – the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), and the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) have launched the Data Modernization Implementation Center Program to support state, local, territorial, and freely associated public health agencies (PHAs) with the adoption of the latest health IT standards and data exchange networks. The program is funded with $255 million provided by the CDC through the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG).
ASTHO, NNPHI, and PHAB have selected CRISP Shared Services, Guidehouse, and Mathematica to serve as Implementation Centers that will provide direct technical implementation services to state, local, territorial, and freely associated state PHAs. A fourth Implementation Center, launching later in the year, will focus on providing support to Tribes and Tribal-serving organizations.
The overarching goal of the program is to improve the timely prevention and detection of public health threats by reducing the burden of data exchange between public health agencies, health care, and the communities they serve. Implementation Centers will provide resources and support to PHAs for implementation activities that work towards the adoption of the latest health IT standards and participation in data exchange networks (e.g., TEFCA).
Benefits of participating in the program include:
- Customized support based on public health agency-specific needs.
- Support in adopting and using new technology and standards to exchange data with providers, other public health agencies, labs, and federal partners.
- Support to build on existing data modernization initiative (DMI) funded projects that are focused on the adoption of health IT standards.
- Assistance in participation in the national data exchange network that will be available through TEFCA.
- Support for critical priority use cases identified by public health agencies.
To be considered for Wave 1 (2024) of the Implementation Center Program, public health agencies must complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) form by October 15, 2024. To assist with EOI submissions, download a copy of this EOI Word document so that you may coordinate responses among your organization before submitting them via the EOI form.
