Linking Data for Public Health and Research: Model Approaches

Date

Data Availability and Access Issues - Linkage Applications

March 19th 2009

Agenda

1. Identify the common issues with data availability and access (NAHDO)

Overview of high-level, cross-cutting common issues and problems with data linkage projects (data access, data element availability)

2. Highlight model approaches

Presentations from three ongoing large-scale data linkage projects that have solved some of the common problems of data access, data element availability, and data dissemination.

Readmissions reporting /CODES:  Michael T. Lundberg, Executive Director, Virginia Health Information

Healthy Start Data Linkage Project:  Karen Freeman, Health Statistics Manager, Florida Bureau of Community Health Assessment

Environmental Epidemiology Program:  Sam LeFevre, Program Manager, Utah Department of Health

3. Discuss unresolved priority issues for future calls

Later webinars will propose to address other cross cutting issues named in the discussion, including linkage validation, technologies, etc