*Save the Date* The Sequoia Project and Carequality Annual Meeting will be November 18-19, 2026 – Learn More
*Save the Date* The Sequoia Project and Carequality Annual Meeting will be November 18-19, 2026 – Learn More
The Public Health Community of Practice provides participants a national convenings to share information, learning, and best practices at the intersection of public health and health data interoperability.
The Sequoia Project’s Interoperability Matters Public Health Community of Practice is excited to share the draft Public Health Interoperability Policy Roadmap and invite your feedback. Your input is essential to ensuring the roadmap reflects the needs, priorities, and realities of public health stakeholders across jurisdictions.
Please review the draft and send your comments or questions to InteropMatters@sequoiaproject.org no later than February 1, 2026.
All feedback received will be carefully reviewed and incorporated, as appropriate, into the final deliverable. Your insights will help strengthen this resource and ensure it is practical, actionable, and meaningful for the public health community.
The Public Health Community of Practice provides participants a national convenings to share information, learning, and best practices at the intersection of public health and health data interoperability.
Download the PDF White Paper to review The Sequoia Project’s Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup’s complete Pandemic Response Insights and Recommendations. The PDF contains the SWOT Analysis, as well as the complete recommendation breakdowns.
Key concepts and items to consider to improve disaster response utilizing technology innovations and best practices across states, HIEs, HINs and partners.
Create a Community of Practice where Public Health, Medicaid and other state agencies/entities, etc and federal partners can discuss innovations and blockers to those innovations.
Initial membership includes states, federal partners, HIEs and others:
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
California Emergency Medical Services Authority
California Medical Assistance Team
eHealth Exchange
Epic
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Florida Dept of Health
Foothold Technology
HCA Healthcare
Health Tech Solutions
HIMSS
KONZA
Los Angeles County Dept of Health
North Carolina Health and Human Services
New York City Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene
Oracle Health
Texas e-Health Alliance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Virginia Health Information
Washington State Public Health
Washington State Public Health
To expand the scope of the work, it is necessary to expand the scope of the membership to others, in particular, to other states who are frequently engaged in disaster response.
In 2018, The Sequoia Project was a steward for the Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies (PULSE), a program that was conceived by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and launched the PULSE Advisory Council. In 2021, The PULSE Advisory Council transformed into the Emergency Preparedness Information Workgroup.
Learn more about the history of PULSE and the work of the PULSE Advisory Council that led to the formation of the EPIW here.
Complete the form below to access the Public Health Workgroups new resource.
