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Laying the Groundwork: Leveraging Local Health Networks to Modernize Public Health Data in Chicago

National Network of Public Health Institutes

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is taking a proactive approach to chronic disease surveillance by utilizing data from both population health surveys, such as the Healthy Chicago Survey , and electronic health records (EHRs). There are widespread initiatives to move the work of data modernization forward in public health.