DIGITAL BRIDGE

Digital Bridge is important for health care providers because it will improve the efficiency and mechanisms we use to report cases to public health, and the validity and reliability of the data will be more consistent, eliminating redundancies in reporting... Digital Bridge is led by a Collaborative Body that is made up of members from healthcare, public health, and industry partners. The Collaborative Body formed in Fall 2016 and meets quarterly to assess the initiative's progress, vote on decisions that advance the initiative's goals, and approve resources developed by workgroups. The Executive Committee is comprised of seven officers, including the Digital Bridge Chair and Vice-Chair, and exercises the authority of the Collaborative Body; the Executive Committee meets monthly... Digital Bridge promotes the use of national health IT infrastructure to alleviate the administrative burden and costs of outdated, siloed data exchange practices. It allows public health to speak with one..