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The Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) is a national effort led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop an integrated and real-time public health data and surveillance architecture. The DMI is a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar effort with the vision to get faster and better actionable data for decision-making across various levels in public health. The panel includes experts who are involved in DMI efforts at diverse levels (national, state, local, health system and academia) and will share the importance of DMI and its implications across the board ranging from public health agencies, health care delivery systems and academic institutions. A robust information infrastructure supported by an informatics-savvy workforce are important elements which can work synchronously to address the persistent health inequities and DMI is a big step in that direction. Informatics will play an increasingly important role with DMI and is a topic of interest among AMIA membership.