This document discusses how geolocated health data can be used to help communities. It provides examples from the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak where John Snow was able to identify the water pump handle as the source by geolocating cases, and a current project in California called the HOME Project that aims to help elderly patients navigate healthcare options using their location data. The document advocates for greater use of coordinated, location-based health information and services to improve care, especially for vulnerable populations.
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1. leveraging the power of geolocated data to impact the health of communities
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2. What is Health Data?
Epidemiology information related to health
conditions, reproductive outcomes, causes of
death, and quality of life.
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— http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
3. Epide… what?
The branch of medicine which deals with the
incidence, distribution, and possible control of
diseases and other factors relating to health.
11. A few facts
California USA
Population 37,721,600 310,197,500
Elderly (over 65)
4,419,800
(12%)
43,287,500
(14%)
Medicare (utilization)
4,344,967
(85%)
41,116,359
(81%)
Data : Kaiser Family Foundation (2012 data)
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