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The Sequoia Project has launched a new Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup, designed to learn from some of the specific interoperability challenges since the start of the COVID-19 crisis – and point the way toward more robust data exchange capabilities during future public health emergencies.
WHY IT MATTERS
The workgroup, convened as part of the Sequoia''s Interoperability Matters Cooperative, will assess an array of technology and information exchange challenges for states – policy and regulatory hurdles, privacy challenges, funding and resources – that might hamstring information availability for emergency preparedness.
Participants will include representatives from California EMSA, California Health Information Exchange, Common Spirit, Florida HIE, Florida Public Health, Georgia HIE, North Carolina Department of Health, Texas eHealth Alliance, and Texas Health Services Authority. There are also participants from several key federal partners.