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About victoria

Victoria serves as a Marketing Specialist and is a budding Data Journalist at CareSet. Victoria holds a B.A. in Communication from Texas A&M University. She has run two marathons with MDA Team Momentum and is a co-leader of Free Fit Hou.
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New Open Data Rules Webinar Recap

On March 9th, 2020, HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized two open data rules: CMS’ interoperability and patient access rule ONC’s Cures Act Hosted by Ogilvy Consulting, several industry leaders discussed the new rules and what... read more →

Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19

People are talking about hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus. And others are looking to grab some for personal use. But what is it, and can it help the thousands of people currently fighting the virus?   What is Hydroxychloroquine? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes chloroquine as a medicine... read more →
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CMS, Hospitals, and the Future of CAR T-cell Therapy

What is CAR T-cell Therapy? CAR T-cell therapy is immunotherapy. Physicians extract one type of white blood cell, the T-cell, copious amounts of these cells from the patient’s blood. Then, an inactive virus is inserted into the cell, specifically to place a gene in the cell. Next, the T-cell produces... read more →

Washington Post Shares DEA Pain Pills Database

"For the first time a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States - by manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in every town and city - has been made public." -Washington Post, Drilling into the DEA's pain... read more →

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... read more →

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... read more →