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NCPDP Launches Facilitator Model to Bolster Public Health Reporting

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) will implement standards that provide real-time data access to support public health reporting during public health crises.

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By Sarai Rodriguez

- The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), a CMS Designated Standards Maintenance Organization, has announced the launch of its National Facilitator Model that aims to enable public health reporting to strengthen pandemic and epidemic interventions. 

Interoperability gaps and other faults in public health data systems led to poor COVID-19 emergency response. Patient data exchange and public health reporting were issues before the pandemic, but these two areas of health IT were magnified after the COVID-19 pandemic made a lasting impact on the healthcare industry.  

The weak public health infrastructure and crisis preparedness pointed to a need for greater real-time patient health data exchange and access.