Aasa Dahlberg Schmit

Aasa comes to HLN from the Minnesota Department of Health, where she was the Director of the Office of Data Strategy and Interoperability, providing vision, direction, and leadership in advancing enterprise data strategies and data exchange.

Aasa has over 20 years of experience working in health information technology (HIT) projects in public health. She has led successful implementations of disease surveillance systems in multiple state and local public health agencies, both as an agency employee and as a contractor. She has program management expertise and facilitates data exchanges between healthcare providers and public health agencies. This includes electronic lab reporting, electronic case reporting, and syndromic surveillance.

At HLN, Aasa is the domain lead for disease surveillance and data modernization. She oversees the project team on electronic case reporting (eCR) related projects, including the Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS). She also engages in the CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) through various activities and partner collaborations. PHII has highlighted some of Aasa’s DMI work for MDH in DMI Stories from the Field - here is a companion video to the PHII MN story that Aasa worked on when she was with MDH.

Aasa carries the public health mission close to her heart and always strives to use informatics to fight public health challenges with new technology tools. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of Borås, Sweden.