Data Modernization Learning Community

Community members connect through webinars, small group discussions and an online collaboration workspace. 

The Data Modernization Learning Community (DMLC) calls:

  • Provide a deeper understanding of data modernization (DM) goals and activities across public health.
  • Share practical knowledge, skills, resources, and best practices with peers.
  • Build relationships with colleagues in DM.
  • Collaborate to identify solutions to common challenges.

Circle, a project collaboration workspace, houses meeting materials and recordings, documents and files, and facilitates interactive conversations through the use of message boards and forums. Between the DMLC monthly calls and the interactive Circle site, staff have multiple avenues to collaborate with other jurisdictions working on similar DM projects.

WHO

DMLC calls are tailored to meet the needs of data modernization directors and their teams across state, tribal, local, territorial and freely associated state public health agencies. The community is open to any staff member from a public health agency, as well as federal and national partners.

WHAT

The DMLC gathers together to collaborate and share approaches and solutions to common DM challenges such as:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cloud migration
  • Data standards and exchange
  • Enterprise data platforms (lakes, warehouses, lakehouses)
  • Governance
  • Machine learning
  • Master Patient Indices
  • Strategy and planning

Data collected via polls and brief surveys conducted after DMLC calls indicated that the vast majority of respondents found the information presented to be relevant to their work. Survey respondents also reported making progress on key DM priorities and indicated that the DM learning activities contributed to the progress their jurisdictions have made on these key priority areas.

WHEN

Calls occur on the third Thursday of every month unless otherwise specified and last one hour, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. E.T.

 

JOIN THE DMLC

Interested participants should register here to join the DMLC and Circle collaborative platform.

 

register to join
Please note that registering your interest in the DMLC does not guarantee your acceptance.
 

QUESTIONS

For questions about the learning community, contact datamodlearning@taskforce.org.

Already a DMLC member?

Access Circle

You can access our project collaboration workspace, Circle, here or above. (Only DMLC members have access to Circle.)

DMLC Testimonials

"The information and resources shared via this community are invaluable ... I always learn something and connect with another jurisdiction that I can collaborate with."
— DMLC Member
"I loved being able to hear from other states over the past year … having people to bounce things off of and understanding that we are all in the same boat is very helpful."
— DMLC Member
“[The Learning Community] offers actual solutions vs. just ideas. Additionally, the connection to other DM directors has opened doors I would not have otherwise.”
— DMLC Member
“We utilize the forum to ensure that we are on the correct path and to see if other jurisdictions have similar experiences.”
— DMLC Member