A JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES
Minnesota Department of Health moved away from time-consuming, manual processes to a dynamic data lake system for public health data stewardship.
HAVING A SOLID FOUNDATION TO STAND ON
Ohio Department of Health's existing platform for data sharing maternal and child health outcomes provided a groundwork that could be rapidly and agilely repurposed for the COVID-19 pandemic.
FORGING A NEW PATH FOR DATA IN "THE LAST FRONTIER"
Alaska's planning efforts provide a clear picture of systems, goals and actions.
PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Public-private collaboration streamlines health data flow and helps protect the community
FAIRFAX COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRANSFORMS DATA EXCHANGE AND WORKPLACE CULTURE
The Fairfax County informatics and IT team implemented an electronic health record (EHR) which connected lab orders and state systems more effectively. This project was the start of many data interoperability initiatives, including a new data warehouse.
UTAH’S OPEN-SOURCE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM PAVES THE WAY FOR DATA MODERNIZATION
For many years, Utah experienced data challenges like siloed systems and manual time-consuming processes. Utah’s health department, now the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), began envisioning a new disease surveillance system, which eventually became EpiTrax.
SCALING UP DATA STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE BIG APPLE
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene leverages its history of technology innovations for agency-wide strategy.
TRIBAL NATIONS OF UTAH: PARTNERING FOR ONE PUBLIC HEALTH
In a quest to modernize health data systems, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (Utah DHHS) is working hard to bring different groups of people together.
FAIRFAX COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRANSFORMS DATA EXCHANGE AND WORKPLACE CULTURE
A focus on people and innovation helps keep the community healthy
The importance of communications in data modernization
In the process of conducting interviews for the DMI Stories from the Field project, the PHII team noticed a recurring theme across each of the jurisdictions we spoke with: the importance of communication. In the below video, we’ve compiled some highlights in which our featured interviewees discuss the reasons why communication is key to a successful data modernization plan.
Additional resources
- The DMI Stories project overview one-sheet: provides a summary of PHII’s overarching offering of stories by theme.
- The data lakes vs. data warehouses one-sheet: breaks down one of PHII’s most frequently asked questions about data modernization: what is the difference between a data lake and a data warehouse?
- Journal of Public Health Management and Practice “Innovations in Informatics” blog post by Sarah Shaw: Exploring Data Modernization in Action with DMI Stories From the Field
- A use case in IIS considerations for DMI, from Michigan: a case study of DMI for immunization information systems
DMI Learning Community
Do these stories inspire you to collaborate with peers from other jurisdictions? The DMI Learning Community, facilitated by PHII in collaboration with CDC, provides opportunities to discuss data modernization successes and challenges with across jurisdictions.
More DMI stories from PHII's partners
- CDC stories on surveillance and data in action: This collection of stories from CDC brings to life some of the key challenges and success stories surrounding the Data Modernization Initiative. CDC’s 2022 DMI Snapshot provides core context on the progress of this ongoing initiative.
- CSTE’s Stories from the Field: In partnership with PHII, The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is also showcasing data modernization success stories from various jurisdictions. While PHII’s stories offer technical deep-dives into each jurisdiction’s data modernization achievements, CSTE offers a diverse, overarching range of representative success stories.