Resources
Leverage Existing Data Processes, Networks, and Initiatives to Advance Chronic Disease Surveillance Needs
CSTE After Hours / Epi-On-Call Contact List
State Epidemiologists Contact List
CSTE Connect info (+ link)
- (https://connect.cste.org/home/memberhome)
- CSTE Connect is an online community intended for CSTE members and our public health partners to interact in specialized groups with your epidemiology colleagues and peers.
Publication Library info
- (https://www.cste.org/page/CSTEPublications?&hhsearchterms=%22publication+and+library%22)
- The CSTE Publication Library hosts reports, executive summaries, toolkits and related documents published by CSTE and STLT and public health partners.
CLUE List (+link)
CSTE LEARN
- The CSTE Publication Library hosts reports, executive summaries, toolkits and related documents published by CSTE and STLT and public health partners.
Public Health Agency-Wide Data Modernization Efforts
NACDD's Chronic Disease Data Modernization Action Incubator
A short-term, action focused opportunity aimed at establishing or strengthening multi-disciplinary state level leadership teams who can assess and help modernize chronic disease surveillance. Teams identify organizational assets, collaborate, innovate, and pilot data modernization projects with expert guidance and peer support. To keep informed on new opportunities, please complete the Data Modernization Accelerator Interest Form.
PHII's Data Modernization Initiative Planning Toolkit
ASTHO's Data Modernization Primer and Tactical Guides" with the description
The primer provides state and territorial health officials with a high-level understanding of the objective and significance of data modernization as well as the roles that they play in a successful data modernization initiative. The five tactical guides detail key strategies and tactics for implementing and maintaining data modernization initiatives within public health agencies.
Current chronic disease data modernization pilot projects
Health Trends Across Communities in Minnesota (HTAC)
A collaboration between healthcare systems, public health departments, health organizations, and health plans in Minnesota. HTAC uses summary reports from EHRs on chronic, behavioral, and mental health conditions. The information comes from 11 health systems participating in the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium (MNEHRC). Information from the MNEHRC represents around 90% of Minnesotans’ healthcare, making HTAC a powerful tool to describe the health of many communities. This success story from Minnesota can be used as a case study to other state health departments on utilizing existing EHR data to improve chronic disease surveillance. View HTAC Dashboard
The Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS)
MENDS is a national network that uses existing electronic health record (EHR) data—accessed through intermediaries like health information exchanges (HIEs)—to generate timely, modeled estimates of chronic disease prevalence and trends. Rather than creating new systems, MENDS leverages the existing health data ecosystem within public health and health care settings to produce a publicly available dashboard focused on conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chronic Disease Registry Linking Electronic Health Record Data (MDHH CHRONICLE)
CHRONICLE is a near–real-time data system that provides timely chronic disease data with more granular detail and enables patient-level data linkage across disparate data systems for a more comprehensive disease monitoring ecosystem. CHRONICLE uses admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) data to identify patients with a hypertension or stroke diagnosis and monitor disease burden longitudinally.
Learn more about what is going on in the chronic disease and data modernization communities by going to the Collaboration section. Want to understand whose in your community and ways to expand it?
Complete the Partner Map.
Toolkit Navigation
Foundational Concepts
Understand the core principles, key terminology, and initiatives grounding CSTE’s Chronic Disease Surveillance Data Modernization Strategic Plan
Implementation Actions and Strategies
Learn about the strategies and objectives outlined in STE’s Chronic Disease Surveillance Data Modernization Strategic Plan and explore tools for implementation
Implementation Stories
Draw from real-world examples of chronic disease surveillance across a range of jurisdictions with varying levels of experience and resources
Community and Collaboration
Identify and cultivate partnerships with other practitioners working on chronic disease surveillance modernization