Public Health

WHO Leverages Amazon Data Analytics Tools for COVID-19 Response

by Jessica Kent

The World Health Organization (WHO) is leveraging data analytics and cloud technologies from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate global efforts to track, contain, and understand COVID-19. For more...

Big Data Model Predicts Rise in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

by Jessica Kent

A big data model projected that without any changes in alcohol consumption or interventions to address high-risk drinking, deaths from alcohol-related liver disease will rise significantly in the US,...

COVID-19 Data Shows How Social Distancing Impacts Virus Spread

by Jessica Kent

A new analysis of COVID-19 data in 58 cities showed that for each day’s delay in social distancing, a coronavirus outbreak lasts days longer. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

Using Big Data to Prioritize Cancer Treatment During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has threatened to overwhelm hospitals and health systems across the country, leading many providers to defer surgeries and other procedures for an unknown period of...

AI-Driven Supercomputer Helps with COVID-19 Response, Recovery

by Jessica Kent

A supercomputer powered by artificial intelligence is helping a team at Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) find solutions for COVID-19 now and in the future. For...

Natural Language Processing Tracks Public Interest in COVID-19 Topics

by Jessica Kent

A team from Penn Medicine has shown that public health officials can use natural language processing techniques to track surges in interest in COVID-19 topics on online forums, such as Reddit. For...

Population Health Study to Estimate Prevalence of COVID-19 in CA

by Jessica Kent

The University of California, Irvine, and the Orange County Health Care Agency are partnering to conduct a large-scale population health study that will help researchers determine the true prevalence...

Toolkits Use Prescription Drug Claims Data to Combat Opioid Misuse

by Jessica Kent

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) has developed two toolkits to identify certain patients at risk of opioid misuse or overdose using prescription...

Sharing SDOH Data for Improved Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

With the healthcare industry steadily moving toward more holistic, preventive care delivery, health systems have increasingly recognized the critical role the social determinants of health play in the...

Data Visualization Tool Allows Users to Track COVID-19 Spread

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Southern Illinois University (SIU) have developed a data visualization tool that leverages GPS information to show users the locations of known COVID-19 cases, while protecting the...

Data-Driven Model Predicts Number of COVID-19 Deaths in US

by Jessica Kent

A Rutgers engineer has developed a data-driven model that accurately estimates the death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and could be used around the world. For more coronavirus...

Could COVID-19 Help Refine AI, Data Analytics in Healthcare?

by Jessica Kent

In the months since COVID-19 has evolved from a blip on the world’s radar to a full-blown global health crisis, the virus has managed to shine a glaring light on some of healthcare’s most foundational cracks.  Gaps in...

Big Data Dashboard Tracks COVID-19 Cases and Response in Indiana

by Jessica Kent

Regenstrief Institute has developed a big data dashboard to help the state of Indiana track and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page, updated...

State-Level Risk Assessments Critical for Reducing COVID-19 Measures

by Jessica Kent

In the context of COVID-19, state-level decision-makers should conduct risk assessments to better understand how to move from strict social distancing measures to a staged reopening phase, according to...

UCSF Creates Interactive Website for Population Health, COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

The UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine Dean’s Office of Population Health and Health Equity has launched a new interactive mapping website that curates publicly available community data,...

3 Ways the Industry Is Leveraging Real-World Data to Combat COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the status quo, the healthcare industry is turning to real-world data to better understand, monitor, and prepare for whatever the virus may bring. For...

HCA, Google Cloud Launch COVID-19 Data Sharing Platform

by Jessica Kent

HCA Healthcare and Google Cloud have established a new open data platform designed to promote data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page,...

Participants in Nevada Population Health Study Offer COVID-19 Data

by Jessica Kent

The Healthy Nevada Project, a community-based population health study combining genetic, clinical, and environmental data, is incorporating COVID-19 data from consented participants. For more...

AI Model Shows Stricter Interventions Needed to Manage COVID-19 in TX

by Jessica Kent

A team at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) developed an artificial intelligence tool that found immediate stringent interventions are needed to reduce the spread of...

RPI Offers Artificial Intelligence Resource to Aid COVID-19 Research

by Jessica Kent

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is offering government entities, research institutions, and industry access to an artificial intelligence-powered supercomputer in support of COVID-19...