Healthcare IT News February 14, 2025
Using the HIMSS Digital Health Index, Missouri is taking evidence about public health agency digital maturity statewide to invest in data-driven population health strategies, says Anne Snowdon, who will share more about the initiative at HIMSS25.
When the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services asked, ‘What’s the digital capacity capabilities of a state public health system?’ they embarked on a data modernization and landscape assessment, said Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer.
“When we think of healthcare, we think, ‘What’s your diagnosis?’ We don’t think, front and center quite as often, ‘How healthy is our population? Who’s at the greatest risk, and how do we reduce that risk?'” said Snowdon.
She explained that the department turned to...
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