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COVID-19 Surveillance at the Texas Department of State Health Services

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Sarah Seidel, Leah Chapman, Kai Cobb, and Emily Hall

A blend of modern data systems and low-tech data products was best for internal surveillance and sharing the story of the pandemic in Texas.

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PHAB’s Data Portal: A Platform for Exploring Health Department Performance Data

Posted on November 10, 2020 by jphmpdirect

This entry is part 25 of 42 in the series Focus on Accreditation and Innovation

by Jessica Kronstadt, MPP The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) Data Portal allows users to explore a unique set of data on health department capacity to deliver the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Data are available for health departments that apply for accreditation and are based on peer assessments of conformity with the PHAB Standards & Measures. The portal makes

Shining a Flashlight on COVID Risk at Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2020 by jphmpdirect

by Jason S. Brinkley, PhD, MS, MA As the father of four, I’ve spent much of the pandemic glued to television and internet resources watching the reporting on the spread of the COVID pandemic. With the upcoming mix of holiday and flu seasons, it seems that most expert sources are reporting a coming surge of COVID cases. Questions about participating

Data Travels at the Speed of Trust: Population Health Informatics for Population Health

Posted on May 16, 2019 by jphmpdirect

by Gulzar H. Shah, PhD, MStat, MS; Kristie Waterfield, DrPH, MBA; Dr. Anjum Khurshid Health Informatics Innovations and Applications highlights ways that health informatics innovations and applications are supporting stakeholders in public health practice and policy to advance their mission of improved population health. The series will also highlight innovations in health care informatics. The more I learn about the

How Do Machines Learn? Part I: They Train

Posted on February 21, 2019 by jphmpdirect

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are common buzzwords that seem to be everywhere in 2019. Every corner of society is affected by the rise of the machines along with a sense of wonder and fear as to what this means for humanity. Will the machines take all of our jobs? Can machines really think, and at what point do we

Halloween by the Numbers

Posted on October 30, 2018 by jphmpdirect

by Jason S. Brinkley, PhD, MA, MS On the Brink addresses topics related to data, analytics, and visualizations on personal health and public health research. This column explores current practices in the health arena and how both the data and mathematical sciences have an impact. (The opinions and views represented here are the author’s own and do not reflect any group

Data Talks and Hearsay Walks: Health Informatics and Social Determinants of Health

Posted on October 30, 2018 by jphmpdirect

by Gulzar H. Shah, PhD, MStat, MS, and Wu Xu, MS, PhD Introducing Health Informatics Innovations and Applications, a new series that highlights ways that health informatics innovations and applications are supporting stakeholders in public health practice and policy to advance their mission of improved population health. The series will also highlight innovations in health care informatics. Last week, my co-author

The Opioid Data Crisis

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Jason S. Brinkley

by Jason S. Brinkley, PhD, MA, MS Opioid addiction is having a tremendous impact on the United States. The CDC says that all-cause overdose deaths have more than tripled from approximately 20,000 in 2000 to over 64,000 overdose deaths in 2016, with 70% of 2016 deaths linked to opioids. Agencies at all levels of government struggle to help combat the

What the #$@&*! Is Blockchain?

Posted on February 26, 2018 by jphmpdirect

Opportunistic Research Opportunities

Posted on January 26, 2018 by jphmpdirect