Tag: statistics
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U.S. Diet Quality Improves, But Still Not Healthy
2 September 2014. A study by researchers at Harvard University shows some improvement in the health benefits of food eaten by Americans over the last decade, but the overall quality of the American diet remains poor. The study led by nutrition and epidemiology professor Walter Willett appears online in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine (paid…
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Big Data Quickly Identify Foodborne Illness Sources
3 July 2014. Data analysts and public health experts at the IBM research center in San Jose, California developed techniques for faster identification of sources of foodborne diseases from available public health and retail sales data. The team led by IBM’s James Kaufman, the company’s public health research manager, published its findings today online in…
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Health Quality Agency: Vaccines Safe, Adverse Effects Rare
1 July 2014. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, issued a report today indicating a systematic review of published research shows that vaccines are safe and serious adverse reactions to vaccines are rare occurrences. The study, conducted by the Southern California Evidence-Based Practice…
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Big Data Analytics ID People Risking Metabolic Syndrome
27 June 2014. Researchers from the insurance provider Aetna Inc. and GNS Healthcare, a data analytics company in the health care industry, developed statistical models that can identify population groups and individuals at risk for metabolic syndrome, a collection of conditions pointing to future heart disorders and diabetes. The team from Aetna’s Innovation Labs in…
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Outpatient Safety Net Harnesses Electronic Health Data
25 June 2014. The Kaiser Permanente health plan in Southern California, headquartered in Pasadena, established a follow-up monitoring system for plan members visiting doctors’ offices or outpatient clinics that scans its electronic health records database for gaps in outpatient care. A team from Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California network, led by regional quality and clinical analysis…
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1.1M Health Center Patients Left Uninsured in Opt-Out States
9 May 2014. A new report estimates some 1.1 million clients of community health centers will be left without health insurance in U.S. states that choose not to expand Medicaid, as permitted under the Affordable Care Act. The report was prepared by the School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A…
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Most Americans Favor Contraceptives Required in Health Plans
22 April 2014. A nationwide survey shows about 7 in 10 Americans support birth control medications being required in health insurance plans. The survey, conducted in November 2013 by a team at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is reported today online in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Affordable Care Act includes…
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Novo Nordisk, University Partner on Diabetes in Big Cities
28 March 2014. The pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, based in Denmark, and University College London in the U.K. are studying the scope of diabetes in big cities to develop a strategy for attacking the problem, while accounting for the special needs of urban centers. The Cities Changing Diabetes project, which includes Steno Diabetes Center, a…
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Emergency Room Opioid Prescriptions Jump in 2001-2010
14 March 2014. Medical researchers at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. found large increases in prescriptions for opioid pain-killers in U.S. hospital emergency rooms over the 2001-2010 decade. The team led by emergency medicine faculty Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi published its findings online yesterday in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine (paid subscription required). Mazer-Amirshahi and colleagues analyzed data…
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Store Checkout Data Generate Neighborhood Food Profiles
11 March 2014. An epidemiologist at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada devised a method for tracking food choices, with data from food stores, that helps gauge family nutrition in city neighborhoods. The team led by McGill’s David Buckeridge published its findings online in a recent issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences…