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Fired Florida COVID-19 data scientist turns herself in
Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones turned herself into authorities Jan. 18 after a warrant was issued for her arrest in connection to her use of the state's computer system, the Washington Post reports.
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What IT improvements are needed to expedite the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? 5 CIOs weigh in
The effort to achieve mass vaccination in the U.S. has gotten off to a slower-than-predicted start, plagued by supply shortages, disorganization and inadequate IT systems.
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New computer system slows data reporting, shortchanges some North Carolina counties on COVID-19 vaccines
Some North Carolina county health departments are having issues with reporting COVID-19 vaccine inoculations in the state's new data system, leaving them to receive fewer doses as more vaccines are allocated, Raleigh, N.C.-based WNCN News reports.
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Intermountain earns patent for clinical analytics methodology to standardize outcomes
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Empiric Health received a patent for clinical analytics methodology.
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Maryland hospital COVID-19 data processing glitch causes 'artificially high' case count
Frederick County in Maryland surpassed its daily record for COVID-19 infections Jan. 12 following a 48-hour test processing data backlog the prior weekend at Frederick County Hospital, The Frederick News-Post reports.
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Hospitals to report COVID-19 vaccination data to HHS: 5 details
HHS on Jan. 12 asked hospitals to begin reporting how many healthcare workers and patients they have administered COVID-19 vaccines to, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Missouri county health department missing 2 months of flu data
Missouri's Jefferson County Health Department has not received the flu data it needs for its state reporting system since November, according to a Jan. 10 Leader report.
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Indiana taps Zotec for statewide COVID-19 vaccine management system
The Indiana Department of Health partnered with Zotec Partners to deploy a statewide COVID-19 vaccine information management system, the healthcare revenue cycle management company announced Jan. 11.
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'This discovery is a little disturbing': Centura Health data reports miss 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations since April
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health failed to report almost 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations dating back to last April because of a system coding issue, according to a Jan. 8 The Journal report.
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'We're fighting COVID one-handed': 2 Mass General physicians on the need to strengthen data systems
While the U.S. continues its widespread COVID-19 vaccination effort, there is still an urgent need to track virus transmission and strengthen national public health data systems to contain the spread, according to Louise Ivers, MD, and Wilfredo Matias, MD.
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CDC taps Kaiser to lead data-driven COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance effort
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Vaccine Study Center is overseeing a national data effort focused on analyzing the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Optum to buy Change Healthcare in $13B deal: 5 details
Nashville, Tenn.-based data analytics firm Change Healthcare will combine with UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum in a deal amounting to about $13 billion, Bloomberg reports.
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White House COVID-19 task force warns of incomplete data amid holidays
The holiday season has complicated COVID-19 data-gathering and reporting nationally, according to the White House COVID-19 task force.
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COVID-19 data will wobble for several days: 5 considerations when reviewing numbers
The national COVID-19 surge has regionalized, and the holidays will cause reporting gaps and backlogs that are unlikely to stabilize until the second week of January at the earliest, according to The COVID Tracking Project.
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NBC launches COVID-19 vaccine dose tracker
NBC News released a state-by-state COVID-19 vaccine tracker to calculate the number of doses administered across the U.S.
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Louisiana's COVID-19 positivity rates skewed by inaccurate reporting, auditor says
The COVID-19 positivity rates in Louisiana are skewed by labs and clinics not reporting all test results, according to a report in The Advocate.
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Ousted Florida data scientist sues state police over home raid
Rebekah Jones, the data scientist who developed Florida's COVID-19 dashboard before being fired from the health department, has sued state officials who raided her home this month, saying the raid was in retaliation for criticizing Florida's governor, according to an NBC News report.
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HHS begins daily COVID-19 snapshot reports with new data
HHS began publishing daily data reports on the COVID-19 outbreak, including previously unpublished information about the virus' spread.
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Johns Hopkins develops COVID-19 vaccine data dashboard: 4 details
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University created a COVID-19 vaccine data dashboard to track the administration of various vaccines across the U.S. by state.
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Reliable and accessible medical equipment data: A foundation for improving healthcare outcomes
While the frenzy to procure ventilators has subsided, and fatality rates in intensive care have decreased using basic treatments, it is still important to recognize the role of medical equipment in the pandemic response. Ventilators, infusion pumps, and patient monitors provide continue to be critical to the response. In general, imagine where healthcare systems would be without modern infusion pumps, anesthesia machines, MRI machines, x-ray systems, ultrasound machines, and patient monitors.
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