For Immediate Release:
Contact: Kelly Broadway, 202-808-8853
kbroadway@health-innovation.org
HIA Responds to Call for How to Improve the CDC
Washington, D.C. – The Health Innovation Alliance (HIA) responded to Congresswoman Miller-Meeks’ (IA-02) RFI on how to improve the CDC. HIA has been very vocal about the need for reform and transparency at the CDC and previously called for increased congressional oversight of the agency. Our recommendations to the Congresswoman include:
Authorization of the CDC to establish clear authority and limitations as well as requirements to cooperate with other offices and agencies in the federal government
Regular, transparent, and public meetings with private-sector experts
Partnership with the private sector to ensure CDC’s success, including developing and operating a modern public health data network through existing technologies
Ensuring CDC does not try to rebuild private sector capability in-house at the agency
Incorporating real-world data into public health analyses
Streamlining the grant process to make them more open, accessible, and transparent, as well as including accountability and core competency requirements of state and local public health systems
Implementing the 2006 law requiring an interoperable network of public health data
Ensuring bidirectional exchange of public health data
Including industry-backed standards across the health care system, including standards used at pharmacies where the majority of Americans get their vaccinations