Local Health Departments and the Cloud: Making the CDC’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Your “First Step” to the Cloud
As we transition into the post-pandemic era, health and human services (HHS) organizations continue to drive cloud adoption at the state level, with the majority of departments applying cloud computing to their operations and service delivery. At the local level, however, cloud adoption remains far less prevalent. As of 2023, more than two-thirds of local governments were still approaching the delivery of digital government services in an ad-hoc manner, and 27% had yet to make plans for a more organized approach.
While the numbers show widespread reluctance in cloud adoption among local governments, there is no reason why local municipalities cannot reap the same benefits of the cloud as their state peers. In this e-book, we’ll explain why local health departments should be adopting the cloud—and why CDC Modernized NBS is the ideal first step to take in this journey.
