San Francisco, CA | October 16-17, 2024
Goals and Objectives
This joint event between the CDC Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) was convened to bring together public health, health care, health information exchange organizations and national partners to identify solutions to accelerate participation in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Objectives of the two-day event included:
- Facilitate Dialogue: Connect public health and healthcare leaders to discuss visions, challenges, and opportunities for TEFCA participation.
- Identify Alignments: Highlight common goals and challenges between public health and healthcare sectors to foster collaboration.
- Inform Strategy: Leverage insights to guide DMI (Data Modernization Initiative) Implementation Center services on issues at the public health and healthcare interface.
- State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (STLT) Jurisdictional Focus: Provide special attention to QHIN participation strategy and joint electronic health record (EHR) procurement efforts for jurisdictions that are not yet actively engaged with TEFCA and/or have barriers to TEFCA engagement (including territorial jurisdictions).
Below you can find the associated slides for each session.
ASTP and CDC | Overview of TEFCA/Future State Vision
Kathleen Tully, Branch Chief, Alignment Branch, Networks and Scalability Division Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rachel Abbey, Public Health Analyst, Office of Policy, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Slides: Overview of TEFCA/Future State Vision
Jim Jirjis, Division Director, Data Policy, and Standards Division (DPSD), Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
TEFCA Opportunities/Challenges
Benjamin Klekamp, Manager, Chronic Communicable Disease Program, Fairfax County Health Department
E. Noel Clarin, Public Health Informatics and IT Director, Fairfax County Health Department
Slides: TEFCA Opportunities/Challenges-Fairfax
Eliza Ramsey, Program Specialist, Alaska Department of Health
Implementation Centers
Massimo Pacilli, Director, Technology Implementation Office (OPHDST), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Tabatha Offutt-Powell, Vice President, Public Health Data Modernization and Informatics, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
TEFCA Public Health Use Cases: eCR and Query for Case Investigation
Nicole Sweeney, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, CRISP
Slides: eCR and Query for Case Investigation
Joel Hartsell, Chief Health Informatics Officer, eCR, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
Legal/Policy Requirements and Considerations about TEFCA
Mara Howard Williams (Virtual), Data Use Policy Lead, Office of Public Health, Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Rachel Abbey, Public Health Analyst with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Lillian Colasurdo (Virtual), Director of Public Health Law & Data Sharing, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
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This project: Data Modernization Initiative Working Groups is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,915,915 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.