CDC Selects CRISP Shared Services to Modernize Public Health Data

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chosen CRISP Shared Services (CSS), a nonprofit organization specializing in localized health infrastructure and data exchange technology nationwide, as an Implementation Center awardee under the newly launched $255 million National Implementation Center Program. 

CSS will oversee the adoption and effective implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and other data exchange initiatives, including electronic case reporting, to support public health objectives. It will play a crucial role in accelerating the adoption of modern data exchange, aimed at integrating health data into the public health ecosystem to facilitate more efficient and timely public health interventions.

Funded through the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), this program mandates CSS to deliver infrastructure and implementation services to public health agencies across the country for the next three years.

“The disparity across health departments and healthcare organizations continues to compound barriers to accessing the data needed to improve key health priorities. We believe everyone deserves an infrastructure that can unify the healthcare ecosystem to better serve patients,” Craig Behm, President and Chief Executive Officer of CSS, said.

The PHIG program aligns with the CDC's expansive Data Modernization Initiative, a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar effort to upgrade data infrastructure within federal and state public health agencies. 

As part of this broader initiative, PHIG represents a five-year commitment from the CDC aimed at bolstering public health infrastructure and offering direct funding to National Partners and Implementation Centers. 

This funding will benefit more than 100 health departments nationwide.