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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: About This Toolkit and Our Framework

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Although efforts to modernize public health systems predate the COVID-19 pandemic, lessons learned from successful community and cross-sector partnerships in pandemic response (see Lessons Learned on Public Health-Health System Collaboration during the COVID-19 Pandemic ) underscore the need to further integrate these systems toward common goals.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

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Figure 1 displays a consolidated overview of the “Framework for Public Health-Health Care System Collaboration.” Funding for state and local health departments decreased 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, while experts estimate that an additional $4.5