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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

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

Opportunistic Research Opportunities

Posted on January 26, 2018 by jphmpdirect