Healthcare Innovation August 26, 2021
During the recent SHIEC conference, public health officials from Washington state described their experience with MENDS (Multi-state EHR-based Network for Disease Surveillance)
In 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) to pilot a surveillance project using EHR data modeled after an earlier project in Massachusetts. During the recent SHIEC conference, public health officials from Washington State described their experience piloting MENDS (Multi-state EHR-based Network for Disease Surveillance).
Partners piloting the MENDS project include Washington’s OneHealthPort HIE and the State Department of Health, REACHnet (Louisiana Public Health Institute), AllianceChicago, and the Regenstrief Institute in Indiana.
Jessica Marcinkevage, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., is the team lead for the Chronic Disease Assessment Team and...
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