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📝 We're excited to share a new white paper recently published by the #UKHealthDataResearchAlliance: "Enhancing Diversity and Quality in Health Data."  This white paper dives deep into the critical need to improve the quality and consistency of ethnicity data in health research. It highlights the vital role ethnicity data plays in advancing inclusive healthcare and outlines 5 key recommendations to: ✅Improve consistency and completeness in data collection  ✅Align approaches to standardisation and categorisation across the UK  ✅Improve transparency and communication about the reason for collecting ethnicity data  ✅Develop national guidance and training for data collectors in NHS and social care setting  ✅Facilitate data linkage to enrich the information available on ethnicity   Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ebk_VA2j  #UKHealthData #DiversityInHealthResearch #InclusiveHealthcare #HealthEquity  

📝 Check out the #UKHealthDataResearchAlliance's recently published white paper: "Enhancing Diversity and Quality in Health Data." This white paper dives deep into the critical need to improve the quality and consistency of ethnicity data in health research. It highlights the vital role ethnicity data plays in advancing inclusive healthcare and outlines 5 key recommendations to: ✅Improve consistency and completeness in data collection ✅Align approaches to standardisation and categorisation across the UK ✅Improve transparency and communication about the reason for collecting ethnicity data ✅Develop national guidance and training for data collectors in NHS and social care setting ✅Facilitate data linkage to enrich the information available on ethnicity Learn more ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q02VtVRJ0 #UKHealthData #DiversityInHealthResearch #InclusiveHealthcare #HealthEquity

Let's delve into the new analytic features of DHIS2 version 2.40. DHIS2 version 2.40 has come with new analytic features for flexible calculations in data visualizer (on-the-fly custom calculations), improved chart clarity, and indicator icons. Line lists streamline dashboards, map visualizations gain depth, and ownership analytic in program indicators enhance patient care insights - all fostering data-driven interventions for better population health.

Catch the recording of our October webinar to learn how to use our new approach to data to learn about health and equity in your community: https://bit.ly/3zX8NxV

CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is empowering the application of next-generation data science and analytics to reach rural populations through Insight Net. Clemson University, an Insight Net partner and one of thirteen awardees, is working with S.C. Department of Public Health and two large health systems in South Carolina to combine respiratory disease trend data with information about available medical resources and community needs. Researchers use the data to create models and maps that will help healthcare and public health systems decide where to place mobile health clinics in underserved areas. Learn more about how Clemson is supporting Insight Net: https://bit.ly/4fqJByK #NationalRuralHealthDay #PowerOfRural

#ICYMI: The RAISE Action Framework is now available to help leaders in health care delivery improve the collection, curation, and exchange of race and ethnicity data in health care settings. Read the full Framework here: https://lnkd.in/g4pEUz5R

The partnership between HealthDataViz, a Sellers Dorsey solution (HDV) and the DC Department of Health and their collaborative work to visually share data on two critical #publichealth issues, unintentional drug overdoses and violent deaths, has made important public #healthdata more accessible and transparent. The interactive data dashboards they've developed highlight significant trends that showcase the power of #datavisualization to drive impactful change and enhance health outcomes. Click the link below to explore HDV's latest blog with Katie Bueno that dives deep into this meaningful work. 

Last week, Wes Streeting announced that he is directing NHS England to ensure consented data is shared for research, removing the burden of responsibility from GPs. World-leading studies like the UK Biobank, Genomics England and Our Future Health are building up incredibly detailed profiles of our nation’s health. Patients have given their consent for their data to be shared with these studies. There are issues that need to be worked through around information governance and risk. But that is also a culture issue that, unless addressed, will not only exacerbate the shortcomings of the system today, but also squander the potential of tomorrow. https://lnkd.in/eQ63jG7V If it can happen in health, in needs to happen in housing. #data #opendata #socialhousing

#NCQA recently submitted a comment letter on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)’s USCDI+ Behavioral Health draft dataset, which will help drive adoption of interoperable standards to support behavioral health data exchange and care. Our new blog outlines the dataset’s potential impact on behavioral care, and recaps NCQA’s recommendations for enhanced data collection and care delivery. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4ejrieX #HealthIT #BehavioralHealth #Interoperability #PublicPolicy

The most daunting global health issues right now are the result of interconnected crises. A multidisciplinary approach to health data science is critical to understanding population health and disease across cultures and continents. Learn how to analyze digital data captured in the process of patient care with hands-on workshops and more in "Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare." Open now, self-paced. Enroll at https://bit.ly/3wdioye #DataScience #healthcare #OnlineEducation #OnlineLearning #OnlineCourse