AUSTIN — Texas state health officials once again are delaying a massive data project that has struggled to get off of the ground for more than a decade.
The state Health and Human Services Commission informed lawmakers Tuesday it was pausing the “Enterprise Data Warehouse” project, a plan for an elephantine database housing dozens of information sets about everything from welfare benefits to Medicaid.
“HHSC and the other Health and Human Services agencies are going through a transformation process…” the commission explained to the lawmakers. “Therefore, we are reevaluating our long-term data needs and want to ensure the best investment of state resources.”
Source: Problem-plagued Texas data project delayed again – Houston Chronicle