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A Community of Practice leveraging the strength of the membership of the workgroup and focuses on concepts where group could have a meaningful impact.
This workgroup provides a forum to learn about health information technology innovations impacting public health. The workgroup will focus on concepts that create potential challenges for states in terms of interoperability and Health IT modernization in the public health area.
Coming soon! In early 2025, we’re releasing a roadmap for public health and STLTs to progress health IT interoperability. Learn more about what’s to come and how you can get involved in this sneak preview.
Initial membership includes states, federal partners, HIEs and others:
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.
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