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The Community FAQ for this data release is hosted by CareSet (PRNewswire) HOUSTON – Today Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the “COVID Community Profile Report” a daily updated snapshot of how COVID is affecting our states and communities. This release of county-level testing data has never been made available before in any dataset, nor […]

Last night, HHS released COVID-19 capacity data at the hospital-level. Previously, this data had only been available on a state level. CareSet had early access to the hospital data in order to help create the Facility COVID PUF Community Frequently Asked Questions document. It is available on our GitHub page. If you have questions about […]

(PRWEB) Yesterday the Federal Government released new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the hospitals-level. Previously released data about hospital capacity had only been released at the state level. The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided CareSet with early access to the data in order to facilitate the creation of a community Frequently Asked […]

I thought it was pertinent I take the chance and sign up for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial. This summer I began my journey. The trial I’m in contains two separate injections several weeks apart. It’s been a month since my second injection. The question remains, am I safe from COVID-19? Spontaneous, or reckless? Jumping into […]

Working with life science organizations who create vaccines that help patients, I thought it was apt to immerse myself in the vaccine approval process given the opportunity. I signed up for the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial. I wrote about the beginning of this vaccination journey, and below is the first follow-up post of this two-year dedication […]

It’s one thing to participate in a scientific study. But to participate in a vaccine trial for a virus in the middle of a pandemic around said virus? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity! I’ll be writing a series on my experience participating in a SARS-CoV-2 trial. Since vaccines are one of CareSet’s […]

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, […]

COVID-19 and Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous People Last month, Americans were protesting against the stay-at-home orders in the name of opening the economy as unemployment rates steadily increased. Looking at Twitter, you’ll see many tweets like the one below, pining to reopen. People are aching to go back to “normal.” Looking at data, especially for […]

While pharma marketers continue to navigate their brand through COVID-19, non-personal promotion appears to be the best approach for the time being. In order to reach optimal efficiency, marketers will want to utilize the best list of providers for their brand. Publicly available datasets, as well as commercially available datasets, are all over the internet. […]

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 they mean for patients, providers, […]