Issues of Interoperability and Data Sharing Obstacles
The CDC has developed myriad informatics applications in support of disease surveillance at the federal level. Information sharing among these applications enables public health personnel to better understand disease trends that may be difficult to interpret from the examination of a single system. However, a variety of legal, ethical, and practical issues arise as a result of this sharing of information. The potential for problems is magnified when information is available to and shared among multiple systems.
post an analysis of the obstacles that impact interoperability of the disease surveillance systems. Propose ways to improve/address the legal, ethical, and practical data-sharing obstacles. Evaluate how this impacts the future of local, state, national, and international systems/agencies sharing and use of information.
