| Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) |
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| 2 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204 health.in.gov Contact: Data-Analysis@isdh.in.gov Twitter: @StateHealthIN |
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| Role(s) | • IDOH develops and strengthens strategic partnerships to improve public health, promotes and provides transparent public health data, ensures the conditions for optimal health are available to all Hoosiers, and mitigates and prepares for public health threats. • IDOH Office of Data and Analytics (ODA) provides broad support to agency programs and partners for the collection, analyzation, and presentation of health data. |
| Mission | To promote, protect, and improve the health and safety of all Hoosiers. Additional information available at: in.gov/isdh/18930.htm |
| History | • IDOH began as the State Board of Health through legislation passed in March 1881. At that time, the board’s primary role was to register births and deaths and conduct sanitary inspections of state institutions. By 1900, however, laboratories were established, an industrial hygiene program was created, stream pollution control laws were enacted, sweeping efforts to control communicable diseases were instituted, and maternal and child health programs came into being. • In 2020, the IDOH created the role of Chief Data Officer (CDO) to serve as agency lead on the implementation of data-driven processes and decisions. The CDO established the ODA which centralizes several existing data teams for improved accessibility to agency programs. Long-standing divisions such as the Data Analysis Team, Public Health Informatics, and Public Health Geographics are now housed within ODA. The CDO also assumed the role of leading COVID-19 data response efforts for the state. • Additional information about the history of IDOH is available at: in.gov/isdh/28474.htm |
| Org | • IDOH is led by a governor appointed State Health Commissioner and is comprised of four commissions which house numerous programs: Consumer Services & Health Care Regulation, Health & Human Services, Laboratory Services, and Public Health Protection. Additional programs fall under the direction of the Chief of Staff (including ODA), the State Epidemiologist, and the Chief Medical Officer. • IDOH employs approximately 800 full-time state employees in addition to contractors and consultants. • The current IDOH organization chart is located at: in.gov/isdh/files/isdh-mgmt-org-chart.pdf |
| Board | In addition to an Executive Board, IDOH has several statutory boards and boards created by executive order. Boards can be found at: in.gov/isdh/25673.htm |
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Finance
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• State General funds appropriated to the IDOH in State Fiscal Year 2020 total $29.56M., approximately 0.7% of the Health and Human Services budget. • During State Fiscal Year 2020, IDOH received 72.8% of its funding from federal sources. • IDOH total expenditures in State Fiscal Year 2020 were $438.3M. |
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Data Sources
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Data are collected from a broad range of programs within the agency including through systems for Health Care Regulation, Inspections, Vital Records, WIC, Trauma Registry, Communicable disease, Clinical laboratory results, Immunization, Lead, Cancer Registry, and others. |
| Data Access | • Public data and statistics are available from many agency programs and are listed at: in.gov/isdh/18888.htm. • Stats Explorer provides a quick access to a standardized set of primarily county statistics available from agency programs and is available at: gis.in.gov/apps/isdh/StatsExplorer. • Access to record-level or sensitive data requires a formal request to Data-Analysis@isdh.in.gov, review, and agreement. • COVID-19 data sets are available from IDOH through the MPH Data Hub for public consumption at https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset?q=COVID |
| Tech Capabilities | Embedded epidemiological, statistical, and analysis skills throughout the agency Centralized subject-matter expertise within the ODA for data analysis, data science, geospatial science, data automation, and data visualization. |
| Projects | Please see health.in.gov for information regarding projects |
| Future Focus | • Improve public access to dynamic and interactive data content • Improve internal access to data housed within the agency • Improve general workflow from data collection to data analytics |
| Talent Development | • ODA provides regular trainings and demonstrations for agency epidemiology or analytics staff embedded within programs. • ODA trains through self-paced learning opportunities or other short trainings as they become available. • IDOH provides courses for leadership development and is open to all staff. |
| Data Sharing Agreements | Please see health.in.gov for information regarding data sharing agreements |
| Programs/ Publications | Annual Epidemiology Open House during late fall/early winter. Numerous reports and publications can be found at health.in.gov |