The White House wants to build on a hospital data collection system designed by Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration
The Biden administration wants to expand a federal COVID-19 tracking system created during the pandemic to provide a more detailed view of how respiratory and other infectious diseases are affecting patients and hospital resources, according to a draft of proposed rules reviewed by Reuters.
Authorization for the current hospital data tracking program is due to expire once the government lifts the national state of pandemic emergency. The hospitals would be required to provide data – without names – on patients’ vaccination status, pre-existing conditions, age, ethnicity and other details that would shed light on health outcomes among various populations.
The rules are being reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is expected to publish them to allow for public comment before they are finalized. CDC officials declined to comment on the proposed data expansion.
The CDC said the decision was based on the lengthy regulatory review that would have been required to change its own reporting system, among other factors.
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