ASTHO senior analyst Dan Tauriello explores how modernizing medical examiner and coroner data systems can improve efficiency, enhance connectivity with public health agencies, and increase access to timely, actionable information on Public Health Review Morning Edition

ASTHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, is the national non-profit organization representing the public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia, as well as the 120,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice.