Four Ways BugSeq Enables Public Health Laboratories to Leverage Informatics Data and Bolster Preparedness by Adopting Trust for America’s Health Recommended Policy Actions
In 2023, Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released “The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks and Recommendations”. This report highlights the important role that public health systems, and the laboratories that underpin them, play in the protection and improvement of well-being and prosperity for the nation and the world. Yet, according to the report, “for over two decades, the country’s public health system has not received the level of funding needed to ensure it meets the nation’s public health needs.” Public health laboratories continue to fight for reduction of morbidity and mortality in their communities despite reduced resources. Here, we detail how BugSeq is enabling public health laboratories to achieve this goal using the policy recommendations of the TFAH report.