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Alma Trotter

Updated DocGraph HOP Teaming PUF Released During Health Datapalooza 2022

ARLINGTON – CareSet released the updated DocGraph HOP Teaming Dataset during the 2022 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference. The release offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of patient-sharing relationships between all Medicare providers in the US healthcare system. This public use file provides some of the most timely and necessary insights into […]

Alma Trotter

Do doctors force their patients to use fax? A CareSet Journal FOIA Whitepaper

Introduction Do patients benefit from the money that the U.S. Government has spent on the interoperability of clinical systems? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) believes that the purpose of the $34 billion dollar Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs (aka “Meaningful Use”), is to provide patients with access to their medical records […]

Alma Trotter

NPI to contact domain data release

CareSet Journal is releasing data that links NPI records to the contact domains submitted by providers in their NPI applications. For example, when Jane Smith applied for an NPI, she provided a contact email of “jane.smith@examplehospital.com”. In this data, her NPI will be listed alongside the domain of “examplehospital.com”.If you want to dive straight in, […]

Alma Trotter

COVID-19, Data and Nursing Homes

In my last post, I briefly touched on COVID-19 and older adults. In this post, I will take a short, basic data tour of the skilled nursing home COVID-19 data made available by the CDC. COVID-19 and Nursing Homes Late February, in Washington state, Stat News reported the first COVID-19 death in a nursing facility, […]

Alma Trotter

CareSet reflects, recharges during mid-year review

Last week at CareSet we had our annual mid-year review. I was not in attendance last year, nor were a lot of current employees. We have nearly doubled in size over the last twelve months and we are still growing. A mid-year review is aptly named. We are in the middle. We reflect on the […]

Alma Trotter

CareSet Stands Tall at PMSA Annual Conference

2019 was CareSet’s third attendance at the annual meeting held in San Diego. At our fist PMSA, we were two people with a lot of heart and a lot of ground to cover. This year, with a growing team and a growing reputation, it made sense to show up in full force. Co-founder and CTO, […]

Alma Trotter

CareSet Attends 10th Annual Health Datapalooza

This past week, CareSet attended the 10th Annual Health Datapalooza, brought to you by Academy Health. Originally from the mind of Todd Park, Data Jedi, the world of health data is seeking to change the game. Healthcare should be people-centric. Data has the power to get there. Read some highlights from the conference. Pre-Datapalooza Classes […]

Alma Trotter

CareSet, SXSW, Health Equity, and Open Data

SXSW was the best of times; it was the best of times. I can’t wrap my head around this past weekend. It was filled with late nights, early mornings, and entirely too long of days. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. My first SXSW was one for the books. Working with CareSet allowed […]

Alma Trotter

Data Classes with CareSet

Update: Last year we offered classes at PMSA and Datapalooza. We had such great feedback…We are doing it again! See below for dates/registration. At CareSet we know how hard it can be to make sense of the most central open healthcare datasets for pharma applications. As a result, we are offering classes in cooperation with […]

Alma Trotter

CareSet leaves Facebook Because of Patient Privacy Concerns

Now that the FTC complaint from our CTO, Fred Trotter (as well as Andrea Downing and David Harlow) has been made available to the public, and apparently Congress, it is time to announce a minor change in CareSet’s marketing strategy. CareSet is deleting its Facebook page. credit: Wikimedia Commons credit: Wikimedia Commons What began as […]