OIDA

The mission of the Office of Informatics & Data Analytics is to ensure that the determinants and distribution of disease and health for Alabama are accurately assessed and the information is disseminated in a meaningful way. The charge of this office is to:

• Identify interoperability opportunities: state, local, and healthcare
• Coordinate investments, decisions, and policies across ADPH and with partners
• Make data sharing easier through common policies, practices, and standards
• Advance academic and private partnerships
• Identify data for priority public health needs
• Strengthen the data science workforce
• Translate data into evidence-based recommendations
• Relate needs to modernize IT infrastructure
• Adopt open standards and tools while protecting data security
• Seek partner-driven data solutions
• Adopt next-generation tools (e.g., visualization, machine learning)
• Strengthen predictive analytics