Integrated Data Systems

As the demand for evidence to support health interventions grows, the sophistication and integration of data systems and repositories must grow with it. Still, many data sources—both public and private—remain siloed, creating a significant barrier to closing the gap between evidence and practice. Integrated data systems present immense potential to identify risk factor, service, and demand patterns across time and geography to develop targeted evidence-based policy.

At the RSG meetings this fall, state policymakers convened to discuss how they could bridge their states’ data infrastructure and governance to address complex issues such as healthcare superutilizers, early childhood intervention, criminal justice reform, and the opioid crisis. National experts and state leaders expanded on how integrated data systems can facilitate faster and lower cost scientific studies to directly inform care, and how integrated administrative data can be used for policy analysis, program evaluation, predictive modeling, and performance measurement. To learn more about the experts and their presentations, take a look at the presentations:

Integrated Data Systems: Using Data Across Systems to Make Better Program Investments

Dennis Culhane
Professor of Social Policy
University of Pennsylvania

Amy Hawn Nelson
Director of Social Research, Urban Institute
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Director, Institute for Social Capital, Inc.

Integrated Data Systems Pathways to Informed Decision-Making

Center for Evidence-based Policy

Supporting Delivery System Transformation Through Data Integration and Analytics

David Mancuso
Director, Research and Data Analysis
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Supporting Delivery System Transformation Through Data Integration and Analytics

John P. Petrila
Vice President of Adult Policy
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Developing and Sustaining Integrated Data Systems: The South Carolina Experience

W. David Patterson
Section Chief, Health and Demographics
South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office