Healthcare IT News March 3, 2025
Jeff Lagasse

Dr. Tabitha Offutt-Powell says the technology is evolving, but with that comes challenges and limitations.

LAS VEGAS – Healthcare, as a business, lives and dies on the data. The goal of public health data modernization is to move from silos, brittle public health data systems to connected, resilient and sustainable “response-ready” systems that can help to solve problems before they happen.

Speaking during the public health data modernization forum at the HIMSS25 conference in Las Vegas Monday, Dr. Tabitha Offutt-Powell, vice president, Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, said data modernization isn’t just about the technology, but putting the right people and processes in place.

“I always think about the endpoint,” she said. “We have to have the systems and...

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