Who We Are
The Clinical and Community Data Initiative (CODI) is funded and led by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CODI uses existing information technology tools in new ways so that data from clinics, hospitals and other places where people get healthcare services can be linked with data from other places in the community like non-profit organizations and government agencies. By helping organizations collaborate with data, researchers can ask and answer questions that improve local health.
Conditions in which we
- Live,
- Learn,
- Work,
- and Play
Are often called
“social determinants of health.”
Understanding Chronic Disease
Conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. These conditions are affected by factors including family history, genetics, access to quality health care, and where we are born, live, learn, work, and play. These factors are often called “social determinants of health.” Looking at data in a way that links health behaviors, health services, social determinants of health, and other factors like community services is important if we want to help people with chronic conditions and achieve health equity.
Why CODI?
The strength of CODI is that it links data from clinical and non-clinical community partners. This helps researchers look at health and wellness activities, events, and outcomes for people in the Triangle area. CODI can evaluate health and lifestyle programs, track local health trends, and support research with its data resources. CODI is also pioneering to standardize and make available data on social determinants of health, which help us better understand factors that lead to opportunities for health.
The Clinical and Community Data Initiative (CODI) is funded and led by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States.
The strength of CODI is that it links data from clinical and non-clinical community partners.