Increased availability of health data through the U.S. Government’s Open Data Initiative has provided researchers, policymakers, and the general public with access to dozens of new datasets. Despite the increased availability, the data are often cumbersome to work with and few tools exist that present the data in ways that are useful for the public...
Global health issues have received increased attention due to the Ebola outbreak, with President Obama recently asking Congress for $6 billion in the fight against the crisis. While the Ebola outbreak is serious and has resulted in thousands of deaths, a number of other diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, continue to plague countries throughout...
Think about your last visit to your doctor. Did you go to a medical office building or to a standalone practice? The United Way of Greater Cincinnati shares the same address as the Visiting Nurses Association, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and several affiliated United Way agencies. So what, you’re saying. Who cares? Well, if...
Michael Topmiller, PhD Congratulations to Michael Topmiller on his recently awarded PhD from the University of Cincinnati Department of Geography. You’ve met Michael (virtually) if you’ve sat in on any of our webinars. He’s the voice behind the slides, the person who so capably demonstrates our tools and answers your questions. When he’s not presenting...
The Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio conference proved to be a showcase for GIS technology in practice. Geospatial data visualization is an indispensable tool for policymakers and community leaders, as evidenced by yesterday’s Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio conference. Although the conference was not intended to be a showcase...
Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm ET Northern Kentucky University METS Center FREE Have you registered yet? You can still get in, but we need your reservation by November 9. The Data! Fostering Health Innovation in Kentucky and Ohio conference will showcase novel and...
Have you ever tried plugging your own data into HealthLandscape and not gotten the results you expected? This happened to one of our users recently. After a quick phone call, we realized we needed to offer some clarification on using QuickThemes and QuickGeocodes. QuickThemes and QuickGeocodes are two of HealthLandscape’s most powerful and popular tools....
Today we are at the Esri Health Conference in Cambridge, Mass., presenting the Inpatient (IP) Hospital Costs Explorer. The IP Hospital Costs Explorer, one of our newest visualizations, lets users compare US hospitals on two measures: Price Quality The IP Hospital Costs Explorer combines two data sets: Medicare Provider Charge Data (Inpatient), which was just...
Last week, we were among the featured innovators at an event that brought together emerging life science companies, prospective investors, policymakers, and other people who want to significantly improve health in the Greater Cincinnati region. We set up in a beautifully appointed conference room and began rolling a video that highlighted several of the HealthLandscape...
This is National Health IT Week. We’re participating in the National Health IT Week Blog Carnival, offering our perspective on “The Value of Health IT” to improve healthcare delivery. Click here to see other National Health IT Week blog posts. Read contributions from Cincinnati-based health IT companies at Innov8 for Health. Health IT is transforming...
