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Coronavirus hospital data to be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC
- cs702 6y agoSee also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23840473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23840473
- js2 6y agoThe HHS claims[1] this is to reduce reporting burden: > On March 29, 2020, Vice President Pence sent a letter to hospital administrators across the country requesting daily data reports on testing, capacity and utilization, and patient flows to facilitate the public health response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Many separate governmental entities are requesting similar information, resulting in stakeholder requests to reduce duplication and minimize reporting burden. [1] https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospit... I totally believe that the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network could be antiquated. But why is the solution to outsource to a private vendor and keep the data private going forward? The Federal government has at least two agencies dedicated to helping modernize its IT systems, the U.S. Digital Service under the Whitehouse and the GSA's 18F. The agencies were created after the healthcare.gov debacle. One of those agencies should be working with the HHS/CDC to improve the CDC's NHSN so that the coronavirus task force can get the data it needs.