HIMSS24 CDC and ONC work together to strengthen public health data infrastructure
Healthcare IT News March 13, 2024
At HIMSS24, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen, and Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack discussed the state of public health data exchange, and where cross-agency collaboration can take it.
ORLANDO – Since its inception, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has “defied physics to a certain degree,” moving both “fast and slow at the same time,” said Steve Posnack, deputy national coordinator for health IT, as he opened a thought leadership session Tuesday at HIMSS24 that featured Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control, and focused on the nexus of healthcare IT and public health.
“To know what our future looks like, we have to respect and understand how much progress we’ve made over the...