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Stakeholders warn against defunding CDPH IT systems as DOF proposes limited funding
Summary
CDPH officials outlined disease‑monitoring and immunization IT systems; the administration proposed funding SAFIRE and CalREDIE but not CalConnect, CARE or vaccine‑management systems, prompting stakeholders to warn that pulling funding would slow outbreak responses and increase manual burdens.
The Assembly Subcommittee heard a technical overview of California's core public‑health information systems and a dispute over which tools the governor's budget will fund.
"I think it's helpful to think of these systems ... as two related ecosystems," said James Watt, deputy director for infectious diseases at the California Department of Public Health, explaining that disease monitoring (SAFIRE, CalREDIE, CalConnect) and immunization systems (CARE/CAIR, Vaccine Management System/VMS, MyTurn, MyCAVAX) together support lab reporting, case investigation,…
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