Vol. 80, Issue 4, 2019 | Published by North Carolina Medical Journal

Original Research

Overdose Deaths and Acute Hepatitis Infections among American Indians in North Carolina

Mary E. CoxNicole DzialowyLillie ArmstrongScott Proescholdbell

BACKGROUND Like the rest of...

Original Research

The Case for Drone-assisted Emergency Response to Cardiac Arrest: An Optimized Statewide Deployment Approach

Brittany M. BogleWayne D. RosamondKyle T. SnyderJessica K. Zègre-Hemsey

BACKGROUND Despite evidence linking rapid defibrillation to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival, bystander use of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) remains low, due in part to AED placement and accessibility. AED-equipped...

Policy Forum: Introduction
It’s All in the Frame: Promise and Perils, Risks and Benefits
Peter J. Morris
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Policy Forum: Introduction
Leveraging Data Analytics to Advance Personal, Population, and System Health: Moving Beyond Merely Capturing Services Provided
Michael E. ThompsonMichael F. Dulin
The health care industry collects ever-increasing volumes of patient data. Currently, this largely untapped “big data” primarily documents encounters and facilitates billing. This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Benefits, Pitfalls, and Potential Bias in Health Care AI
Douglas C. Hague
As the health care industry adopts artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other modeling techniques, it is seeing benefits to both patient outcomes and cost reduction; however, it needs to be...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Gregory S. Nelson
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Policy Forum: Introduction

Realizing the Future We Want: Leveraging Technology to Achieve a Better Health Care Experience for All

Leigh Anderson

The health care ecosystem i...

Policy Forum: Introduction

How Data Will Transform Health Care: We Just Need It Better, Faster, and Cheaper

Abhishek Mehta

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Policy Forum: Introduction

NC HealthConnex and Value-based Care: Statewide Health Information Exchange as a Technology Tool for All

Christy RevelsChristie Burris

A statewide health information exchange (HIE) can be a vital technology tool and play a pivotal role in driving health care innovation and better health outcomes, especially for providers participating...

Policy Forum: Introduction
From Data to Insights: Priorities for Maturing Your Health Analytics Strategy
Jeff Fuller
Health care is ready for a ...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Leveraging Governance to Derive Value from Advanced Analytics
Shannon Fuller
In today9s ever-changing he...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Adopting Social Media for Improving Health: Opportunities and Challenges
Albert ParkJessamyn BowlingGeorge ShawChuqin LiShi Chen
Social media9s ubiquitous i...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Applying Data Analytics to Address Social Determinants of Health in Practice
John W. WallaceKasey P. DecosimoMatthew C. Simon
As public health and health...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Public Health 3.0 at Mecklenburg County Public Health
Gibbie HarrisJonathan Ong
One of the key recommendations from the CDC for achieving Public Health 3.0 is access to timely, reliable, granular-level, and actionable data. An organization must build its informatics capacity to...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Spotlight on the Safety Net: The Atrium Health Community Resource
Suchi Tailor
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Vol. 80, Issue 4, 2019 Technology and Big Data in North Carolina Health Care

Vol. 80, Issue 4, 2019
Technology and Big Data in North Carolina Health Care