The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reversing course on a change to the way hospitals report critical information on the coronavirus pandemic to the government, returning the responsibility for data collection to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, told hospital executives and government officials in Arkansas this week that the current system under which hospitals report new cases is “solely an interim system” and that the reporting would soon go back to the CDC. “CDC is working with us right now to build a revolutionary new data system so it can be moved back to the CDC, and they can have that regular accountability with hospitals relevant to treatment and PPE,” she said, referring to personal protective equipment used by doctors and nurses.plagued by delays and inconsistencies in data
. Among other things, certain key statistics—such as inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients—were updated only once a week, rather than daily or multiple times a week, as under the CDC system. The CDC is collaborating with the U.S. Digital Service, an small agency that was set up during the Obama administration to help improve HealthCare.gov, the website that administered the market for insurance plans as part of the Affordable Care Act, to “build a modernized automation process” for hospital data, said an HHS official in an emailed statement.
Thank you
Why isn’t HHS turning a profit? Why aren’t the Rethugs trying to privatize it? Income streams, baby, income streams!
'Plagued' by delays, eh?
This is a blatant lie.
I didn't expect anything else.... The failure shows at all levels...in everything!
Really
What a surprise
Utter incompetence and grift instead of leadership
Yamiche I thought the chaos and failure was the intended result. Interesting.
Another reason to listen to This Week in Virology.
Huh, here's the firm that just got sent packing.
SachaLEnglish Who'd have guessed?
Wow shocker! Another failed realDonaldTrump policy.
Of course, now that they've effed up all the data.
Numbers will be back in the 60,000+ again
No S.H.I.T.
Everything Trump touches dies.
Trump will take credit for this somehow.
Another failed attempt by the president to control information. CountryOverPsychopath
Yamiche Probably too hard for them.
Get ready for a spike in cases, as it's about to be correctly reported again. And for realDonaldTrump to cry foul like a baby when it does. bunkerbaby
Completely inept administration under Trump
Yamiche How much of our money was wasted? Who got millions in their pocket?
threefourteen so how much of that money does the private co get to keep now? lemme guess, all of it.
camorris Perhaps common sense gun legislation is in order so the buffoon trump administration stops shooting themselves in the foot....and a$$..... 🤦♀️
We're going to need a direct quote from the CDC on this, as your story appears to have come up negative for accuracy upon testing.
Good on it. The DHHS should never have been ordered to take over the task mid-pandemic in the first place
thespybrief
MAGA
Yamiche Who would have seen this coming?
Yamiche Well, duh...
Yamiche It's time to bring out the handcuffs
Yamiche The most incompetent Administration (WhiteHouse) ever
ProjectLincoln 😏🤔
Yamiche Well, well well. CDC also belongs to 'we the people'' Removing them from responsibility was an earlier outrage. NOW reverse course, clean up the mess, and pay for damage to USPS.
Because of Trump's cutting funds and having disbanded the pandemic task force.
Who didn’t this (failure) coming? It has made a bigger mess of data we have and that is being collected
Yamiche And wait til we learn how really bad it is
Yamiche Never ever should have been moved in the first place.
In other words... complete incompetence
Imagine that
You mean Lord Feltersnatch's administration has once AGAIN been proven inadequate and dumb as hell? 'Magine that.
Yamiche JC, this administration can't get out of its own way
Yamiche I hope CDCDirector Dr. Robert R. Redfield, has the courage to stand & speak up to TrumpVirus & scream, not sing like.. but scream‼️ ProsecuteTrump TrumpCrimeFamily TrumpIsANationalDisgrace VoteBlueLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt
Yamiche Knew it wouldn't work
Yamiche Think they’ll report it accurately?
The rapid decrease that started when this change was made is statistically impossible compared to the rate of decline in NY and NJ during the earlier stages. Plus, the NY-NJ downward curve was achieved through a total lockdown that has not been in place in these other states.
Yamiche NEVER should have happened in the first place. And how much scientific data went to waste as a result. Too much.
Yamiche Trump and his administration have NO follow up/through capabilities. They do everything half a.....You don't waste time, energy and effort on something that's not broken. The American people deserve better than this crook and conman.
Wait, so you're telling me scientists and doctors are more prepared to handle a pandemic than Trump? Wow. That is a truly shocking development.
Thankfully. But imagine what we've already paid this bunch of trump cronies to start and screw up the project? This is just one in a long line of political favors using OUR tax dollars. And, as always, it's to trump donors or pals who he knows he can buy with OUR money.
Yamiche Well surprise, surprise.
Incompetency, arrogance, and corruption. What a bad mix.
Yamiche Gee what a surprise.
Yamiche
Yamiche Another epic trumpfailure.
Yamiche Who knew it would be so complicated?
Yamiche So fking INCOMPETENT but good news.
Yamiche ETTD
Yamiche Didn’t see that coming.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this is another win for team NeverTrump !👍🏼 I believe this means that trump can’t manipulate the Covid data. 😀👍🏼 🙏🏻
Yamiche So it was a waste of time and money? How unsurprising.
Be a use the WH doesn't know what the shit they're doing. Geez. Another failed scam.
Gosh, did the all-amateur administration discover that some parts of government are kinda hard?
Pretty sure 'delays and inconsistencies' was the idea. Donald has spent his entire campaign and Presidency sowing delays and inconsistencies to create confusion.
Raising taxes not a bad thing allows govt to provide services depends who pays under $60k earners over $10 million earners? Money recycles spent locally funds its way back to govt AND THE RICH
No one could have predicted that - LOL
looks like criminal charges were in the future...so trying to walk back the changes. Who wants to go to prision for this failed businessman?
that's because the department of health and human services is run by Trump appointees that have no clue what they're doing. Of course the CDC should be handling this.
China? Ou..
Just more ineptness of the current administration. Absolutely terrible 🇺🇸