topic: Public Health
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The Impact of Sharing Data with the DC Community
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been pivotal in the nation’s mission to address and understand the health of our communities and citizens. As part of that mission, the CDC has worked with states to collect data to better respond to national and local trends. The Department of Health in the District…
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DC Health Launches Two Key Public Health Dashboards
It’s no surprise that we love working with health and healthcare data. We get to work alongside amazing organizations that are using data to make big differences in their communities. That’s why it’s extremely rewarding when we can work with organizations, such as the Department of Health in the District of Columbia (DC Health), to…
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Two Must-Read Health Equity Books
Historical and Structural Oppression’s Impact on Health Equity I’ve had the privilege of a world-class education focusing on our healthcare system and how to measure and evaluate healthcare quality and health outcomes, coupled with decades of work experience. However, despite my education and awareness about many inequalities that COVID-19 laid bare in recent years, I…