The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for a modernized public health data infrastructure, particularly to accurately measure and report disparate outcomes. Modernizing the often disjointed health data infrastructure requires the commitment and support of national, state, and local governments, as well as private and civil public health stakeholders, health care delivery systems, and health data stewards. The National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems made several recommendations outlined in this paper for state governments to achieve these necessary improvements.
