AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Mary-Sara Jones
Mary-Sara Jones is a business development manager for health and human services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). She has more than 20 years experience in health and human services, Mary-Sara Jones guides agencies to move beyond the boundaries of organizational barriers to deliver more holistic, person-centered care and improve operational efficiencies. By leveraging technology to overcome business and policies obstacles to support new delivery models, agencies are able to address some of society's most challenging issues such as substance use disorder, recidivism, homelessness, and child safety. She is located in Phoenix.
Improving public health through data exchange
During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, health agencies stood up new solutions, augmented their epidemiologic data with other data sources, or looked to their local Health information Exchange (HIE) for support. In this blog post, we highlight four states where innovative HIEs are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help public health agencies overcome their data challenges.
A streamlined, mobile-first approach to service delivery for counties and states
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the health and financial strain in communities across the country. Before the pandemic hit, Wildfire, a state association for Community Action Agencies, was working with Prefix, an AWS Partner Network Technology Partner, to develop a cloud-based solution for utility and rental assistance. When the City of Phoenix requested they support the distribution of $20 million CARES Act funds, they shifted their resources and existing infrastructure and, in a matter of weeks, stood up a repeatable public-facing solution.