County epidemiologist warns County Health Rankings pause will create gaps; urges local data resiliency
Shawnee County epidemiologist presented alternate national and local data sources, warned that County Health Rankings will stop publishing new metrics for now, and urged building 'data resiliency' with repeated local collection and multiple sources to track health trends.
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Josh, the county epidemiologist, reviewed historical and alternative data sources for understanding Shawnee County health outcomes, including federal surveys (CDC, USDA), March of Dimes maternal datasets, Kansas Health Matters, the congressional‑district health dashboard, city dashboards, POP5 (Yale), and a KU care‑economy tool. He noted County Health Rankings “will not be publishing new information at this time,” and said that gaps from federal or national changes require local contingency plans.
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