On adoption of Z-codes
Jessie Tenenbaum
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Exciting news in NC-
Decades of underfunding plus the stress of #COVID19 have put our behavioral health system in crisis.
Today @NC_Governor and @NCDHHS released a $1B roadmap to transform the system. https://www.ncdhhs.gov/media/19922/download?attachment
The push to streamline national public health data began long before Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/health/public-health-data-gaps-hhs-khn-partner
"Predictive Analytics Tool Identifies Readmission Risk, Reduces Costs"
In a study, Corewell Health researchers described how predictive analytics helped the organization prevent 200 patient readmissions and drive $5 million in cost savings.
https://healthitanalytics.com/news/predictive-analytics-tool-identifies-readmission-risk-reduces-costs
#AI #healthcare
Predictive Analytics Tool Identifies Readmission Risk, Reduces Costs
Corewell Health care coordinators shared that a recent initiative, which uses predictive analytics to forecast risk and reduce readmissions, has kept 200 patients from being readmitted and resulted in a $5 million cost savings. These results, initially reported in a study published in NEJM...
I misread this headline and thought it was about *all* outcomes and not ALL, but sadly the other version may well be true too.
"Researchers find racial, ethnic disparities in ALL outcomes"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/leukemia/102920
Nice work- Leveraging Electronic Health Record Data for Timely Chronic Disease Surveillance: The Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS)-
except on death certificates- there we seem to have lots of country info- i know less about that, but trying to learn more.
CDC informs staff of reorganization after pandemic criticisms
"Several new offices will also be created, including the Office of Health Equity and the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology. Regarding the latter, the CDC staffer said it was part of the agency’s aim to “build the data infrastructure necessary to connect all levels of public health with the critical data needed for action.”"
Love this idea-
This North Carolina Non-Profit Uses Retired School Buses As Mobile Food Pantries
(and donated!)
https://www.southernliving.com/ripe-for-revival-nonprofit-7099863
Death by missing data: Uncollected racial and ethnic pandemic data will drive inequities for decades to come
