“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it is launching an agencywide review in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to modernize and better position the agency for the future of public health.”
“CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the review in an April 4 email to CDC staff. Walensky said she has hired Jim Macrae, an administrator with the Department of Health and Human Services, to conduct a one-month review of the CDC, starting on April 11.”
“The CDC shared a copy of the email with MeriTalk.”
“‘The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the feedback I have received inside and outside the agency over the past year, indicate that it is time to take a step back and strategically position CDC to support the future of public health,’ Walensky said the email.”
“’At the conclusion of this collective effort, we will develop new systems and processes to deliver our science and program to the American people, along with a plan for how CDC should be structured to facilitate the public health work we do,’ she wrote…”
“One focus of the agency revamp will be data modernization, as data analysis and real-time data sharing prove to be vital for the nation’s lead public health agency…” Read the full article here.
Source: CDC Announces Agencywide Review, With Data Modernization Focus – By Grace Dille, April 5, 2022. MeriTalk.
