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Data Management for Large-scale COVID-19 Immunization: This is all not as simple as it seems

by Noam Arzton September 15, 2020

Background and Introduction

There is a global race for the development of a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Finding a vaccine that works and receives approval is only part of the process. There are a series of other steps that need to be taken so that the vaccine can be delivered. These include the mass production of the vaccine, shipment, administration and record-keeping. This may be even more complex as there may be several vaccines.

In this article we review some of these issues with a particular focus on the United States.

PHI2018 Conference: eCR Rules!

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by Noam Arzton August 24, 2018

On August 20-23, 2018 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) sponsored the now-biennial Public Health Informatics Conference in Atlanta, GA. Nearly 1,000 public health informatics professionals, vendors, and other stakeholders came together to discuss and learn from each other about new and emerging trends in informatics practice, successful (and less than successful) projects and strategies, and new or existing products to help in their work. The conference exhibit space included a mini-Interoperability Showcase co-sponsored by HIMSS that demonstrated ten interoperability use cases relevant to public health and their data partners in the clinical community.

Discussion Paper: Address Geocoding Options

by Noam Arzton September 30, 2016

Some organizations have the need for a web application that can translate street addresses into latitude/longitude coordinates. Ideally, the web application could process addresses in bulk, either supplied from an Excel spreadsheet or from an enterprise data source such as a relational database; and output would be either in spreadsheet format or inserted back into a database. This brief discussion paper provides some potential solutions and strategies.