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📈 Webinar by
Maria Patselikos •
📈 Webinar of Interest Tomorrow 5/5/2021 3pm ET —
The CSTE Chronic Disease/Maternal and Child Health/Oral Health Steering Committee will be hosting a BRFSS webinar entited "Risk Factors for COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations: Data from the Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveilla...
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Maria Patselikos •
ESRI ArcGIS Insights for Data Sharing Webinar Today —
In case anyone is interested, the Spatial Analysis Workgroup will be hosting a webinar today, December 15th at 1:00pm EST to learn more about Esri ArcGIS Insights from Mr. Warren Roberts.
DESCRIPTION:
Esri ArcGIS Insights is a powerful analysis made intuitively powerful through the browser. U...
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Maria Patselikos •
2021 CSTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN! —
The Call for Abstracts for the 2021 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA is now open. The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 11:59 pm EST.
We are currently planning for the 2021 Conference to be held in-pers...
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Mandy Stahre •
A break for now.... —
Dear members of the Public Health and Health Care Subcommittee,
We know many of you are extremely busy with COVID response while trying to fulfill current job duties. Many of us are experiencing furloughs, adjusting to working from home, caring for family members, and other work disruptions.
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Maria Patselikos •
Tomorrow's Call Cancelled —
Good afternoon,
Please note that the call scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Best,
Maria
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📢 Annoucement by
Maria Patselikos •
📢 Cancellation of 2020 Annual Conference —
With Executive Board approval, CSTE has cancelled its 2020 Annual Conference, scheduled for June 28-July 2, 2020 in Seattle, Washington, and all affiliated events. If you have registered for the Conference and booked hotel accommodations through official housing provider, Orchid Events, no action...
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Maria Patselikos •
Reminder: Webinar Today, at 1:00 pm EDT! —
In collaboration with the Health Disparities Subcommittee, Spatial Analysis Workgroup and the Public Health and Healthcare Analytics workgroup , please join us on Thursday, March 26th at 1pm EDT to hear from Chandni Jaggi, MPH and Elizabeth Pembleton, MPH on Using AIDSVu to Visualize HIV Data and...
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Maria Patselikos •
Update on 2020 Annual Conference and COVID-19 —
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is carefully monitoring developments related to COVID-19, including our own emergency preparedness and response ICS, and how this may impact travel to spring meetings and the 2020 CSTE Annual Conference. At this time, there are no plans ...
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📈 Webinar by
Maria Patselikos •
📈 Optional Webinar: CSTE OH Subcommittee Data Visualization Webinar Tableau —
The CSTE OH Subcommittee will be hosting a series of webinars on data visualization. The first webinar in this series will be an introduction to Tableau and will be held:
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 1:00-2:00pm (ET)
Presenters: Michael Moncavage, Strategic Customer Consultant ...
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📈 Webinar by
Maria Patselikos •
📈 March Webinar Rescheduled —
In collaboration with the Health Disparities Subcommittee, Spatial Analysis Workgroup and the Public Health and Healthcare Analytics workgroup , please join us on Thursday, March 26th at 1pm EDT to hear from Chandni Jaggi, MPH and Elizabeth Pembleton, MPH on Using AIDSVu to Visualize HIV Data and...
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Mandy Stahre •
Example of using public health data to describe health care access —
[20181030 Rural and Critical Access Hospitals.pdf]The attached presentation is a good example of using public health data to visualize health care access and need surrounding rural and critical access hospitals (CAH). This report was put together by a colleague here at OFM and presented to one of...
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Maria Patselikos •
Call Scheduled: This Thursday, February 13th, 1pm EST —
Please note that the call information has been updated for Thursday and moving forward. Please make sure you are using the new link found below. If you have any questions, I can be reached at mpatselikos@cste.org.
-Thanks Maria
Join us this Thursday as we dicuss how current public health sur...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
New CSTE Lead: Maria Patselikos —
Hi everyone,
I hope you all have settled into the new year! I wanted to share an update regarding CSTE's Public Health and Healthcare Analytics workgroup. I will no longer be the point person for this workgroup as I have recently transitioned roles and will be supporting the Syndromic Surveillan...
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Maria Patselikos •
Registration Open for the 2020 CSTE Annual Conference in Seattle! —
Registration for the 2020 CSTE Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington is now open! This year's Annual Conference will take place June 28-July 2, 2020. An early bird discount is offered for registrations completed by 11:59 pm EDT on May 13, 2020. To register, visitwww.csteconference.org.
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Mandy Stahre •
February call - "How public health data can lead the conversation on monitoring health care investments" —
Greetings, we will use the February call to discuss how current public health surveillance systems can be leveraged to show impact of investments in health care.
I will start the conversation focused on primary care. Several states have legislative efforts to increase primary care spending, but...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
CSTE Student Scholarship Opportunity —
The CSTE Foundation (CSTEF) is pleased to announce the application for the 2020 Jeffrey P. Davis Student Scholarship is now open. Named in honor of longtime Wisconsin State Epidemiologist and CSTE Past President Jeff Davis, the scholarship provides funding for lodging, airfare and registration fo...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
January Call: Estimating Primary Care Expenditures —
Please join us on Thursday, January 9 at 1:00 pm EDT to hear from Mandy Stahre on "Estimating Primary Care Expenditures: Washington State Example".
About the presentation:
Investing in primary care and ensuring access to primary care can reduce health care costs by reducing preventable emergency...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Sponsored Travel to 2020 Annual Conference —
CSTE is able to offer travel funding to support a limited number of travelers to attend the workshop and the 2020 CSTE Annual Conference. Travel funds may include airfare, conference registration, hotel accommodations, and per diem in accordance with Seattle rates and the 2020 CSTE Annual Confer...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
October Call: Public Use Data for State-Level Health Policy and Public Health Analysis —
Please join us on Thursday, October 24 at 1:00pm EDT to hear from Robert Hest on "Public-Use Data for State-Level Health Policy and Public Health Analysis".
About the presentation:
There are a variety of publicly available data resources that make it possible to conduct a range of analyses relat...
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Mandy Stahre •
Indiana DOH —
Is someone on here from the Indiana Department of Health? We are looking for someone from either Indiana or another state that has partnered or used a state Health Information Exchange to give a presentation to the group about their experience. Any ideas or people?
Thanks,
Mandy
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Optional Webinar: Data Explorer Tutorial —
Hi everyone,
Our scheduled webinar scheduled for tomorrow, May 9th is cancelled, however, I invite you all to join members of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program for a Data Explorer Tutorial. This webinar is open to the general public that will guide you through creating an...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Optional Webinar: Data Visualization Tools and Resources —
Hello everyone,
You’re invited to join the PMO Workgroup and other members of the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program for a training webinar on Data Visualization Tools & Resources. The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 from 11:00-Noon PT/2:00-3:00 ET. Please find t...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
CSTE April Webinar Cancelled - Please attend HCUP Webinars —
As a reminder, our April call on 4/11 is cancelled to allow for attendance at the below HCUP webinars. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States. There are several ways to learn about HCUP:
• HCUP O...
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Sarah Shrum •
Suggestions for May call needed! —
Hi all,
Please send me ideas or suggestions for the May call - I'm open to any ideas you have!
As a reminder, our April call is cancelled to allow for attendance at the below HCUP webinars:
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospi...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
Optional Webinar: Using GIS and Spatial Analysis to Better Understand the Opioid Epidemic —
Please join our Spatial Analysis workgroup webinar - TOMORROW, March 19 at 2:00pm EDT to hear from Erin Jacque, MPS, GISP on "GIS and Spatial Analysis: Project Work related to the Opioid Epidemic."
This webinar will be a brief overview of three projects focused on understanding the opioid epide...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
March Call —
Join us Thursday, March 14 at 1pm EST to hear from Dennis McDermot, PhD, a Senior Forecast Analyst with Division of Forecasting and Research at the Washington State Office of Financial Management on "Total Cost of Care and Resource Use: Variation in cost and utilization in Washington State".
To...
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Mandy Stahre •
Upcoming HCUP trainings —
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States. There are several ways to learn about HCUP:
· HCUP Overview webinar on April 17, 2019, 2-3 pm ET – Explains what the project is and teaches about i...
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Sarah Shrum •
Untitled —
Hi Public Health and Health Care Analytics workgroup members,
The All-Payer Claims Database Council is hosting a webinar on Opioid Epidemic Measurement on Thursday the 21st - see link below for details:
See this link: https://mailchi.mp/3f25c121163c/final-call-for-nahdo-abstracts-may-2930089?e=...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
February Call —
Join us TOMORROW, February 14 at 1pm EST to hear from Ahmed Mohammed, PhD, MS,
on "Effect of Medicaid Cuts on Dental-Related ED Visits in Maricopa County, Arizona ".
Dr. Mohammed is a non-communicable disease epidemiologist the Research, Analytics, and Informatics and Data (RAID) team in the Pu...
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Sarah Shrum •
Opportunity for Analysis Presentation —
Hi Health Care Analytics Team Members,
We are looking for a volunteer to present at one of our scheduled meetings in the upcoming months. You can either: 1) present an analysis you have completed or 2) present an analysis you are currently working on or hope to work on. This could be a great opp...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
January Call: A Discussion with CDC and Chance to Provide State Input on Issues and Challenges —
Join us this Thursday, January 10 at 1pm EST to hear from Von Nguyen, MD, MPH, the Deputy Associate Director for Policy and Strategy at the CDC. This is an excellent opportunity to share issues and challenges and we encourage you all to join!
As the Deputy Associate Director, Dr. Nguyen suppo...
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Malorie Polster •
2019 CSTE Annual Conference Sponsored Travel form —
Good afternoon,
The request form for sponsorship to attend the 2019 CSTE Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC on June 2-6, 2019 closes this week. Travel funds may include airfare, conference registration, hotel accommodations, and per diem in accordance with Raleigh rates and the 2019 CSTE Annual ...
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Mandy Stahre •
Questions for CDC for January call —
I know this is a busy time of year for most and everyone is looking forward to a few days off. I would like to ask a favor for everyone to put on your thinking caps for about 5 minutes and send me a question you would like Dr Von Ngyuen Deputy and Associate Director for Policy and Strategy at CDC...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
December Call —
Join us this Thursday, December 13th at 1pm EST to hear from Lisa Hines, PharmD and Irene Nsiah, MPH on "Using PQA Measures for Research and Public Health".
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) is a nonprofit, multi-stakeholder organization focused on optimizing health by advancing the quality of...
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Alyaa Altabbaa •
November Call —
Join us this Thursday, November 8th at 1pm ET to hear from Dennis McDermot, PhD on “Prescription Drug Cost Drivers in WA State, 2014-2017: A Step-by-Step Approach to Pharmacy Claims Data."
Drug costs have been increasing over the past few years with little explanation. Using pharmacy claims data...
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Malorie Polster •
October Call and Planning Feedback —
Join us this Thursday, October 11th at 1pm ET to hear from Clay Mann, PhD, MS, MBA on "Using NEMSIS Data: Community Assessment, Surveillance and Change."
As a developing census of 9-1-1 requests for emergency services in the out-of-hospital setting, NEMSIS may play an important role in the asses...
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Jessica Arrazola •
September 2018 Call —
The call on Thursday, September 13th will be held at 1pm ET. Our presentation will be from Lauren Wattenmaker from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Ms. Wattenmaker will provide an overview of CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). CDC’s NHSN is the nation’s most widely...
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Jessica Arrazola •
Webinar: CSTE Spatial Analysis Workgroup Presentation —
Please join the upcoming CSTE Spatial Analysis workgroup call on Tuesday, July 17th at 1pm ET . Diana Lavery, Content Product Engineer, from ESRI will be presenting “From web maps to Story Map: showcase your work in a compelling way.” She will present examples of effective web maps that display...
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Jessica Arrazola •
July 2018 Presentation —
Please join us for our upcoming call next Thursday, July 12th at 1pm ET. Anita Soni, PhD, MBA from AHRQ will be presenting on the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). More information about MEPS can be found at https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
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Mandy Stahre •
Future presentations —
Hey all, just a reminder no call in June because of the CSTE conference. We will have a guest from AHRQ who works with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) present in July.
Some ideas for future presenters/presentations:
- Pharmacy Quality Alliance - they help develop pharmacy-related q...
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Jessica Arrazola •
Online course: Healthcare Data Analytics —
Oregon Health Sciences University is offering an online course, Update in Health Information Technology: Healthcare Data Analytics starting June 4th. The course cost is $175 or $350 if you want continuing education credit. More details about the course and registration are available here: https...
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Jessica Arrazola •
May Presentation —
Next week's presentation will be provided by Alastair Matheson of Public Health Seattle & King County.
One local health department’s experience with Medicaid claims data
State and local health departments have long relied on population-based surveys to assess the health and wellbeing of their co...
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Mandy Stahre •
April presentation —
Slight change to our April presentation. We will have a group who work with the Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) present on the ICD9 to ICD10 transition and how it has affected surveillance for certain conditions.
We are looking for people who would like to present their current projects...
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Mandy Stahre •
ICD 9 to 10 transition presentation for April —
Greetings, we will have Donna Puckett from NCHS (CDC) presenting on the ICD9 to ICD 10 transition and some issues that have arisen related to surveillance or analyses. They would love to hear about concerns or questions you are having with the transitionso they can tailor the presentation to meet...
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Sarah Shrum •
Questions for Upcoming Speaker —
The Public Health and Health Care Analytics Workgroup is hosting a call on Thursday, February 8th at 1pm ET where Peter Kreiner (Research Scientist at Brandeis University) will discuss how the Prescription Monitoring data can be used for surveillance and different analytical techniques.
What qu...
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Alastair Matheson •
ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM transition —
Hi All,
Here at Public Health — Seattle & King County we are starting to use our Medicaid claims data to look at time trends. One of the barriers to doing this is the switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM.
We began with the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) that were generated from CMS, but found...
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Jessica Arrazola •
Call Schedule for 2018 —
We discussed on our call today to continue with the second Thursday of the month at 1pm ET for our call schedule. We recognize it won't work for everyone but it seemed to work for the 16 on the call. Let us know if this time doesn't work for you going forward.
Thanks,
Jessica
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