Public Health

Data Platform Tracks Hospital Bed Capacity During COVID-19 Outbreak

by Jessica Kent

Definitive Healthcare has partnered with Esri to launch an interactive data platform that allows people to analyze and monitor US hospital bed capacity, as well as potential geographic areas of risk,...

Artificial Intelligence Identifies High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

by Jessica Kent

Medical Home Network, an organization serving patients in the Chicago area, is using artificial intelligence to identify individuals who have a heightened vulnerability to severe complications from...

Johns Hopkins Develops Real-Time Data Dashboard to Track Coronavirus

by Jessica Kent

The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University has developed an interactive, web-based dashboard that tracks real-time data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths,...

Opioid Use After C-Sections Can Inform Individualized Prescriptions

by Jessica Kent

Knowledge about patients’ opioid use after cesarean section surgery and before discharge could help inform more individualized prescriptions and cut down on unnecessary, leftover pills, a study...

Artificial Intelligence Model Tracks Spread of Lyme Disease

by Jessica Kent

Using 17 years of publicly available data, researchers built an artificial intelligence model that can help identify regions of the US where Lyme disease cases may go unreported, a study published in...

Low-Quality Data Hinders VA’s Efforts to Reduce Care Disparities

by Jessica Kent

While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has taken measures to reduce care disparities, incomplete or inaccurate race and ethnicity data hinder the organization’s ability to effectively...