North Dakota Department of Health ISDS Region 8 Chapter Jill K Baber, MPH North Dakota Department of Health Region 8 Chapter Chair
HHS Region 8 Colorado Montana* North Dakota* South Dakota Utah* Denver/Tri-County* Montana* North Dakota* South Dakota Utah* Salt Lake City and surrounding area* Wyoming *Submits/participates with NSSP
Chapter History Region 8 Data Sharing Workshop (Denver, CO, April 2016) Initiated by ISDS Attended by all six states plus representatives from the Denver/Tri-County areas (plus ISDS, CDC, ASTHO, Ishikawa & Associates) Shared syndromic data on influenza-like illness and opioid abuse Guided exercises for pulling data, looking at other people’s data Discussions around logistics of interjurisdiction data sharing ISDS webspace Now! Working with CDC to come up with NSSP Region 8 plan
Chapter Challenges Different systems Several small (population) states Nearly half don’t participate in NSSP Several small (population) states Smaller time resources Smaller data resources Different data Data sharing is hard Especially pre-emptive data sharing Who’s in charge?
Chapter Benefits Get to know your neighbors!!! Knowledge resources “Forced” peer group Establish local relationships before you NEED them Similar issues Looks good on your grant application Success stories! Fosters a spirit of cooperation beyond regional borders
Chapter Resources ISDS! CDC Grant/other funding for group activities Website Group facilitation CDC Grant/other funding for group activities
Thank you! Questions? Jill Baber, North Dakota Department of Health 701.328.3341 jbaber@nd.gov