Healthcare DIVE March 6, 2025
Interrupted access to health-related data has already led to worse outcomes and could undermine faith in the U.S. healthcare system, experts say.
The nation’s ability to combat emerging infectious diseases and chronic health conditions will be hamstrung by the Trump administration’s attempt to limit access to federal healthcare data, according to medical experts.
Federal agencies scrubbed healthcare data from their websites in January in an attempt to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on sex and gender; diversity, equity and inclusion; and foreign aid.
After Trump signed the executive orders, many widespread, large-scale national health surveys, indices and dashboards went offline on Jan. 31. These data sources inform research, policymaking and medical decision-making.
By Feb. 2, some landing pages...
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