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Research and data

Research shows excess deaths of COVID-19 exceed reports by 20%

Valid counts of deaths and what people died from are critical inputs for setting public health priorities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of data from death certificates has come…

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Patient identification: A call to arms (or ears?)

In 2009, the Obama administration passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, forever changing how healthcare is documented, coordinated, and reported on in the United…

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Can internet search data be leveraged to make home a safer place for women during a pandemic?

Home is where millions of women worldwide experience violence at the hands of their spouses or extended family members, the phenomenon known as domestic violence. COVID-19 is further challenging the…