Priority 5: The Nebraska public health system has expanded capacity to collect, analyze and report health data.

Despite the successes and improvements that have been made in the collection, analysis and dissemination of data, many challenges still exist. In Nebraska, those challenges can be separated into four major areas: access, utilization, timely reporting and data standardization/consistency. In order to expand the capacity to collect, analyze and report health data, it is essential to address these challenges to continue to build a strong public health data infrastructure. The objectives of the SHIP Data Priority are focused on enhancing the data competencies and leadership skills of the public health workforce, increasing the timely reporting of public health data, and increasing the integration and utilization of health data by data users and researchers.