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#036: Introducing health EQ!
Health Data Guru is being consolidated with health EQ, a name that better represents the intersection of data-driven realities with deeper discussions of context, focused on how we can continue moving towards solutions together.
HDG #035: The non-mathematical guide to using risk scores in healthcare
A non-actuarial and non-statistical guide for the everyday healthcare person who need to understand and use risk scores, but don’t know where to start.
HDG #034: 100+ open-source health data sets
Includes datasets across healthcare cost, utilization, drugs, children's health, mental health, quality, SDOH, emergency services, ED, IP, surveillance, vaccinations, adverse events, and a whole lot more.
HDG #030: Childhood ACES: the overlooked SDOH
What the childhood ACEs are and their profound impact on long-term health outcomes.
HDG #029: Indigenous Social Determinants of Health (ISDOH)
SDOH guidance and frameworks set forth specifically for indigenous peoples.
HDG #028: The 2020 Census release is a BFD—here’s why
2020 Census release shows America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever.
HDG #027: My Health Equity Story
Why health? Why equity? This is more complex than it seems.
HDG #026: A data profile of the Garden Isle (Kauai, HI)
Using public data sources to get a health + community data profile about the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii.
HDG #025: AHRQ’s SDOH Database
An easy spreadsheet to download that has SDOH data at the county, zip, and census tract levels from AHRQ.
HDG #024: Two Data Groupers Healthcare Analysts Shouldn’t Be Without
Includes a diagnoses grouper into clinical classifications (like Diabetes) plus a grouper for CPT/HCPCs procedure codes into procedure type from AHRQ.
HDG #023: A tiny glossary of healthcare terms to know
Words and acronyms that we use a lot in healthcare analytics, like BH, MCO, PMPM, member month, RVU…
HDG #020: What does “health equity” even mean?
5 definitions, 4 pictures, 7 influencers, 5 risks + 5 calls to action
HDG #018: Z-codes aren’t working—but maybe they could?
What Z-codes are, why they aren't working, and how they could work. Plus a spreadsheet of all the Z-codes that you can download.
HDG #017: NPI—wayyyy more than just a number
What is an NPI? How is it used? How can you look one up? Plus a database you MUST bookmark.