National collaborative of membership organizations working to use #HDU, #HIE, #healthdata, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health. CIVITAS NETWORKS FOR HEALTH ASSOCIATON CONVENES ACTION-ORIENTED THOUGHT LEADERS AND IMPLEMENTERS AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL. TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, WE DRIVE CROSS-SECTOR, MULTI-STAKEHOLDER, AND DATA-INFORMED INITIATIVES BY: 1. INCREASING COLLABORATION AND SHARED LEARNING WITHIN AND ACROSS COMMUNITIES THAT USE DATA TO ENSURE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DRIVE HEALTH EQUITY. 2. PROVIDING THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON COMMUNITY, REGIONAL, AND STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE, IN ADDITION TO HEALTH AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES. 3. EDUCATING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES ABOUT THE BENEFITS, FUNCTIONS, AND ROLES OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES (HIES), ALL-PAYER CLAIMS DATABASES (APCDS), REGIONAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVES (RHICS), AND COMBINED ORGANIZATIONS. 4. PROMOTING BUSINESS CONDITIONS, TOOLS, AND LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF HIES, RHICS AND COMBINED ORGANIZATIONS.