The Yale School of Public Health today debuted PopHIVE, a new platform that puts near real-time, reliable health data directly into the hands of the public. PopHIVE (Population Health Information and Visualization Exchange) is free, easy to use, and designed to help people see and act on population health trends.

PopHIVE brings together data from across the country — including anonymized hospital records, anonymized search data, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention syndromic surveillance systems, and national health surveys. By bringing together health care and public health data to provide a comprehensive view of the population’s health, PopHIVE offers a powerful new tool for policymakers, journalists, doctors, public health workers, and communities to understand what’s happening and make better decisions, faster.

“We’re launching PopHIVE to overcome longstanding barriers to accessing trustworthy population health data and to facilitate real-world impact,” said Dr. Megan L. Ranney, dean of the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). “National health data has been too fragmented and too slow for too long. PopHIVE changes that.”

PopHIVE offers:

• Coverage across key health topics: The platform provides information about a wide range of health issues, over time and across populations. Current dashboards describe local and national trends in childhood immunizations, chronic conditions, and respiratory illnesses. Coming soon are more datasets and dashboards on injuries and overdoses, youth well-being, and other urgent public health challenges.
• Synthesis of multiple data sets: By bringing together data from different sources, users can spot patterns, compare trends, and uncover new insights. When multiple sources align, they build confidence. When sources differ, they prompt important questions.
• Information built for action: PopHIVE presents data through clear, interactive visuals that are easy to explore, understand, and share — making complex information more accessible and useful for local communities, policymakers, and others.
• Tools that adapt to user needs: PopHIVE allows users to filter by location, customize charts, and download data to conduct their own analysis.
• A reliable and resilient platform: By drawing from multiple sources, PopHIVE stays dependable even if one dataset is delayed or temporarily unavailable. The result is a consistent and trustworthy picture of health across communities.

PopHIVE was built by a team of scientists, technologists, and public health professionals at Yale. They worked in collaboration with organizations including the Common Health Coalition, The Delphi Group, Kaiser Permanente, Google, and Epic.

“As an emergency medicine doctor and public health professional, I see time and time again how a lack of timely integrated data inhibits care, slows response, and hinders our ability to address health needs,” said Dr. Anne Zink, senior fellow at YSPH and co-director of the project. Zink, the former Alaska state chief medical officer, added that “PopHIVE was built as a gift to my former self, and to all of those working to improve health across America.”

PopHIVE is supported by grants and philanthropic contributions, and Yale is building long-term funding to keep the platform free and accessible for all.

“PopHIVE is bringing public health data into the modern world — leveraging technologies and strategies to improve the collection, analysis, and use of public health information,” said Dr. Bechara Choucair, executive vice president and chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente. "This modernization is crucial for unlocking new insights, streamlining processes, and responding more effectively to emerging health threats.”

“PopHIVE puts timely, accessible data into the hands of local health leaders, and it will help us move from reactive crisis response to proactive prevention — ultimately benefiting patients, families, and communities,” said Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, chairman of the Common Health Coalition. “This tool is about securely putting data into people’s hands, accelerating equity, and making the promise of better health real and actionable. I applaud the Yale School of Public Health for taking this bold step to advance critical data partnership between public health and health care and am proud to support this work through the Common Health Coalition."