Barriers to hospital electronic public health reporting and implications for the COVID-19 pandemic: the authors ’ reply

We appreciate the productive discussion about our article,Barriers to Hospital Electronic Public Health Reporting and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic, which serves to advance efforts to strengthen information sharing between hospitals and public health agencies. The letter by Staes et al raises important considerations and contributes to a useful dialogue regarding the current state and barriers to hospital –public health agency electronic data sharing as well as opportunities to increase knowledge of extant public health capabilities and foster more comprehensive utilization of those capabilities. We agree that the current level of interoperability between hospitals and public health agencies is not at an ideal level, even under normal circumstances, and critical infrastructure gaps have been laid bare as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.1
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research