NextGov: The COVID-19 death toll in the United States crossed the 200,000 mark last week, and public health experts Tuesday blamed lack of strong data sharing standards as one of the key reasons the federal government has struggled to formulate an effective response to the pandemic.
At a Tuesday webinar, legislators, public health officials and data experts gathered to discuss the need for new policies around public health data. Charles Rothwell, former head of the Health and Human Services Department’s National Center for Health Statistics, said he wished he had anything positive to say about the federal government’s health data standards.
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