CommentaryPublic Health Wins When We Use Data to Drive Decision MakingEhlinger, Edward MD, MSPH Author Information Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul. Correspondence: Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH, Minnesota Department of Health, 625 Robert St N, St Paul, MN 55155 ([email protected]). The author declares no conflicts of interest. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 21():p S170-S172, November/December 2015. | DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000322 Buy Metrics In Brief This commentary highlights responses of 3 states on their PH WINS data and their plan to use these data to improve the effectiveness of their efforts to build the best possible public health workforce in their states. Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.