1. North Dakota Department of Health
ISDS Region 8 Chapter
Jill K Baber, MPH
North Dakota Department of Health
Region 8 Chapter Chair

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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

6. Chapter Resources ISDS! CDC Grant/other funding for group activities
Website
Group facilitation
CDC
Grant/other funding for group activities

7. Thank you! Questions? Jill Baber, North Dakota Department of Health