HealthLandscape Releases 5th Geospatial Brief
Today, HealthLandscape is releasing our fifth Geospatial Brief, “Where are Areas in Greatest Need of New HealthCenters? A Spatial Empirical Bayes Approach.” [MT1] Brief #5 uses 2015 data from the UDS...
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ACA Uninsurance Rates and Potential ACHA Effects
During the week of July 10th to the 14th, 2017, HealthLandscape attended the annual Esri User Conference in San Diego. Part of the conference was designated to showcasing attendee’s various...
View ArticleCommunity HealthView Update Brief #40: AIDS Prevalence and CMS Costs Data
During the week of August 3rd, 2017, HealthLandscape updated Community HealthView with nineteen datasets from the Appalachian Regional Commission, AIDSVu, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)...
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Using GIS to Compare Areas of Economic, Health, and Social Risk in Appalachia
A recent article in Health Affairs points to widening health disparities between Appalachia and the remainder of the United States. Singh et al. find that disparities in both life expectancy and infant...
View ArticleCommunity HealthView Update Brief #43: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
During the week of August 23rd, 2017, HealthLandscape updated Community HealthView with seven datasets from The Commonwealth Fund and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The first dataset, from The...
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It’s Homecoming Season!
It’s Homecoming Season!This past weekend was my daughter’s homecoming dance at her high school. I took this picture before the dance, with the sun going down and students just beginning to arrive....
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The Rural Health Explorer
We’ve all seen the meme - a beautifully rustic cabin and the question, “Would you live here if you had to give up [insert something here]?” Sometimes it’s the internet, sometimes it’s football, but the...
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First-Time Impression of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
Between April 3rd and April 6th, I attended, for the first time, the annual American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting, in Washington, D.C. Coinciding with the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms...
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The American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting: Building an...
I had the opportunity to spend a few days last week in Washington, D.C. at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, where I presented a poster on research that explores access to...
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Maternal Mortality in the United States
Thanks in part to a recent surge in research, better data collection methods, and media attention, maternal mortality is once again on the minds of researchers, policy makers, and providers....
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National Mental Health Month and the Mental Health Explorer
The World Health Organization defines health as“a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” While we have shifted our societal views...
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2019 American Community Survey (ACS) Data Users Conference
The ACS Data Users Group is a partnership between the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the Population Reference Bureau, to promote the effective use and dissemination of ACS data, as well as educate users...
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Data Lovers Unite!
One thing the team at HealthLandscape believes in pretty consistently is the power of data visualization. We do it daily by building mapping and graphing tools, we teach it, we research it. We live it,...
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Family Health and Fitness Day and Park Exploration
Family Health and Fitness Day, created by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), is celebrated annually on the second Saturday of June. Intended to show how important parks and recreation...
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HealthLandscape and Men’s Health Week
Since 1994, the week leading up to Father’s Day has been officially recognized as Men’s Health Week. This advocacy campaign, hosted by Men's Health Network, promotes men’s health improvement measures...
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National HIV Testing Day
HIV testing day is June 27. On this day, organizations throughout the U.S. sponsor a wide variety of events, including free testing and education. As HRSA’s Health Center Program funds 10,000 health...
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Celebrating Health Center Week
National Health Center Week (NHCW) is an annual time to celebrate the nation’s health centers which serve as health homes to over 28 million otherwise underserved patients. Health centers are incubi...
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National Immunization Awareness Month
In 1796, the first vaccine was administered to protect the populace against smallpox. Since then, researchers and scientists have developed and tested a multitude of vaccines against diseases such as...
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HealthLandscape Joins Esri Partner Network
HealthLandscape has joined the Esri Partner Network as a Silver Tier Partner. As Silver Partners, HealthLandscape joins a global community of geographic information system (GIS) specialists offering...
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HealthLandscape at NACHC CHI (and a busy fall!)
The HealthLandscape team was busy last month in Chicago! We attended the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute (CHI) alongside health center staff,...
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