Resource Center

Your Virtual Library

Our Resource Center is a virtual library where you can go for a broad range of information relating to interoperability, information-sharing, and the six domains in which NIC primarily works: human and social services, public health, public education, public safety, emergency medical services and health information technology. We have vetted and aggregated numerous studies, guidance documents and other materials, which can be sorted in a variety of ways for easy access and use, and will add resources continually over time. The Resource Center is available to all professionals interested in the subject matter, irrespective of whether they are NIC participants.

To make the Center as robust and beneficial as possible, we welcome recommendations of relevant content that users encounter elsewhere, that they have produced themselves, or that they are already utilizing. Please provide your suggestions and comments via email to NIC@stewardsofchange.org.

11-15-2021 Featured Project

National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems

This paper explains the Commission, the foundational white papers, defines terms, describes the Commission approach, and outlines the guiding principles of a modern, equity-oriented public health data system and what that system does. This includes a brief summary of past and present data modernization initiatives.

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11-15-2021 Featured Project

Charting a Course for an Equity-Centered Data System: Recommendations from the National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the gaps in our public health and health data infrastructure and illuminated the many ways in which they perpetuate vast health inequities. To work toward a modernized health data system, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established a first-of-its-kind National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems to reimagine how data are collected, shared, and used, and identify the investments needed to improve health equity. Commissioners examined both the systems and the data needed to ensure public health information works for all, including: who the data we collect elevates, who is being centered in our data, who is being excluded, and why.  

The Commission’s recommendations for the nation call on government at all levels, business, community-based organizations, philanthropy, and others to take specific action to reimagine and modernize the public health data system.

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08-01-2018 Video

SOCI 12th Annual Symposium – HHS Today, Tomorrow and Beyond: Accelerating Progress In Changing Times – Video

Moderator: Margo Edmunds, PhD, Vice President for Evidence Generation and Translation, AcademyHealth

Panelists: Annet Arakelian, Executive Director, Medicare Strategy at Kaiser Permanente
Kate McEvoy, Director, Health Services, Connecticut Department of Social Services
Uma Ahluwalia, Director, Montgomery County, Department of Health and Human Services
Rasu B. Shrestha, MD, MBA, Chief Innovation Officer, UPMC, Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises

Responder: Thomas Novak, Medicaid Interoperability Lead, Office of Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT

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08-01-2018 Video

SOCI 12th Annual Symposium – Federal Updates about New Directions & Goals for HHS – Video

Welcome: Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, Professor of Health Policy & Management and of Health Informatics, Director, Center for Population Health Information Technology (CPHIT), JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderator: Dr. Wade F. Horn, PhD, Health and Human Services Marketplace Leader, State & Local Government Practice, Deloitte
Donald Rucker, MD, National Coordinator, Office of National Coordinator, DHHS
Nina Owcharenko Schaefer, Senior Advisor, DHHS Secretary Tom Price
Bruce Greenstein, CTO, Department of Health and Human Services
Chris Traver, Senior Advisor and Interoperability Lead, Division of Data and Improvement, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families

Responder: William Hazel, MD, Secretary, Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

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08-01-2018 Video

SOCI 12th Annual Symposium – What Can We Learn from Other Nations’ HHS Innovators? – Video

Moderator: Pierre-Gerlier Forest, PhD, Professor and Director, James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair in Public Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Ester Sarquella, Member of the Operational Committee, Inter-Ministerial Plan for Health and Social Integrated Care, Government of Catalonia
John Halloran, Executive Director, European Social Network
Martin Duggan, CEO, MD Ventures; Social and Health Innovator; Stewards of Change Board of Directors
Responder: Norma A. Padron, PhD, MPH, MA, Associate Director, Center for Population Health Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research

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08-01-2018 Video

SOCI 12th Annual Symposium – Applying A.I. To Address Critical Social Challenges – Video

Moderator: Mary-Sara Jones, Industry Lead, Health & Human Services, US State & Local Government, IBM Global Business Services

Presenters:
Anthony Capizzi, Judge, Montgomery County Juvenile Court, OH
Vernon Brown, CEO, Aspiranet

Responder: Gregory D. Hager, PhD, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Director, Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University

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08-01-2018 Video

SOCI 12th Annual Symposium – Cross-Sector Data Sharing in Action: Opportunities and Challenges – Video

Moderator: Tony Capizzi, Judge, Montgomery County Juvenile Court, OH
Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary, California Health and Human Services Agency
Mary-Sara Jones, Industry Lead, Health & Human Services, IBM Global Business Services
Richard Gold, Senior Consultant, Child Welfare & Confidentiality, Stewards of Change Institute
Responder: Alison Rein, MS, Senior Director for Evidence Generation and Translation, AcademyHealth

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