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• Hosted biweekly COVID-19 Data Preparedness Workgroup calls CDC Foundation, Abbott, Moderna Therapeutics, Pfizer, Pew
to address ongoing and emerging challenges and topics of Research Center, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Apple, and
interest for COVID-19 data preparedness, with an emphasis on Google.
approaching these discussions from an informatics, solutions- • Provided designated users at state, territorial, local, and tribal
based perspective. (STLT) health agencies complimentary access to Experian Health’s
• Hosted biweekly COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Universal Identify Manager and Lexis Nexis Accurint to assist in
(CI/CT) Workgroup calls to discuss challenges and promising contact tracing and case investigation efforts.
practices, including metrics and indicators for measuring impact of • Coordinated with APHL and CDC on electronic laboratory reporting
CI/CT on disease transmission. (ELR) topics, including feedback on Ask on Order Entry questions
• Hosted several ad hoc topical webinar presentations, including: and the creation of the National ELR Flat File and HL7 (Health Level
» Demonstrations on contact tracing tools, illness monitoring Seven) Generator Tool.
systems, and exposure notification technology for COVID-19 • Collaborated with ASTHO, NACCHO and APHL on mutual COVID-19
» COVID-19 Sewage Surveillance response priorities to streamline overall response coordination
» COVID-19 Serology and Immunity Updates with CDC incident management and other federal public health
» Implementation of COVID-19 Health Equity Strategy agencies.
» CDC COVID-19 Public Use Dataset
» Syndromic Surveillance for COVID-19 Resources
» COVID-19 Vaccine Development • Developed and curated the CSTE COVID-19 Response Resource
» COVID-19 During Pregnancy Repository and related discussion forums on Basecamp to
encourage jurisdictional sharing of information, resources, best
Partnerships practices, and challenges.
• Collaborated with the World Economic Forum on two projects • Developed and curated a CI/CT workforce development resource
in the Forum’s “Internet of Things” portfolio aimed at repository for epidemiologists supporting CI/CT.
improving timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of • Approved two interim position statements to (1) standardize and
data for the COVID-19 response. (2) update the case definition for COVID-19 and add COVID-19 to
• Established and expanded partnerships with the list of nationally notifiable conditions. (see page 27)
APHL, Association of State and Territorial Health • Developed an appendix on epidemiological classification of work-
Officials (ASTHO), National Association of relatedness to accompany the COVID-19 position statement.
County and City Health Officials (NACCHO),

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