Publishing DPH Data to the Public

As the Health Authority for the City and County of San Francisco, DPH publishes data on health metrics, outcomes, and public health measures to the public. Publishing that data provides an important service for the public. Any data that is published must be done in consideration of protecting against disclosing any information that may be identifiable to individuals.

OCPA and Metrics, Analytics and Data Integration (MADI) have developed Public Data Sharing Guidelines to aid DPH staff when they want to share data with the general public. 

The Guidelines provide the parameters so that public reporting of de-identified information on health outcomes and delivery of services can occur while safeguarding patient/client/resident rights regarding PHI.

Data sharing with contracted partners, research entities and other CCSF departments are not subject to these guidelines, and our outlined by contracted MOU’s developed with those entities.

 

On this page you can:

  • View the SFDPH Public Data Sharing Guidelines.
  • Submit a request to share data publicly.

Documents

DPH developed guidelines to aid DPH departments in publishing de-identified aggregated data.  

Steps for Sharing Data Publicly

Please follow the steps below before sharing data publicly:

  • Gather the data that will be shared publicly (either on a public website or with the public generally).
  • Open a Service Now ticket.
  • Click on the Report or Data Request (green button).
  • Choose “Other” as Request Type.
  • In the Request Field please include the following:
    • The first line should read: “Request for Public Data Sharing”
    • Requestor:
    • Data:
    • Who the data will be shared with:
    • Communication Person you are working with:
  • The ticket will be routed to MADI and OCPA, and they will reach out to the requestor to review the data against the guidelines.