Tag Archives: surveillance

Using Telehealth to Fight the Novel Coronavirus

By | March 10, 2020

COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is spreading across the US and around the world. Can providers use telehealth to help  identify and manage the novel coronavirus while helping organizations manage capacity and prevent the spread of COVID-19?  Read on to find out more. Because of its airborne person-to-person transmission, coronavirus and related… Read More »

Big differences in detection rates between different data sources: sky falling or business as usual?

By | January 2, 2019

This post is for the measurement methodologists in the house. Although, the study results have a real impact for anyone reading macro-level studies of health care services and economics. Sure, this is a bit of inside baseball, but it involves a fundamentally important issue at the center of healthcare research and policy that relies on… Read More »