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As the demand for evidence to support health interventions grows, the sophistication and integration of data systems and repositories must grow with it. Still, many data sources—both public and private—remain siloed, creating a significant barrier to closing the gap between evidence and practice. Integrated data systems present immense potential to identify risk factor, service, and demand patterns across time and geography to develop targeted evidence-based policy.
At the RSG meetings this fall, state policymakers convened to discuss how they could bridge their states’ data infrastructure and governance to address complex issues such as healthcare superutilizers, early childhood intervention, criminal justice reform, and the opioid crisis. National experts and state leaders expanded on how integrated data systems can facilitate faster and lower cost scientific studies to directly inform care, and how integrated administrative data can be used for policy analysis, program evaluation, predictive modeling, and performance measurement. To learn more about the experts and their presentations, take a look at the presentations:
Integrated Data Systems: Using Data Across Systems to Make Better Program Investments
Dennis Culhane Professor of Social Policy University of Pennsylvania
Amy Hawn Nelson Director of Social Research, Urban Institute University of North Carolina, Charlotte Director, Institute for Social Capital, Inc.
Integrated Data Systems Pathways to Informed Decision-Making
Center for Evidence-based Policy
Supporting Delivery System Transformation Through Data Integration and Analytics
David Mancuso Director, Research and Data Analysis Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
John P. Petrila Vice President of Adult Policy The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Developing and Sustaining Integrated Data Systems: The South Carolina Experience
W. David Patterson Section Chief, Health and Demographics South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office
