Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The term “patient engagement” is used to describe a scenario in which patients are actively involved in making decisions about their health care and are aware of and actively participating in all aspects of their treatment, recovery, medication, and other related systems.

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 31, 2025

So hes set out on a mission to connect the culture, the people, and his vocation: health. Fresh to launch Hip Hop Public Health , a nonprofit that promotes health education messages through hip hop culture and interacting with the community, meeting them where they are. In 2006, he teamed up with legendary rapper Doug E.

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Your Local Epidemiologist

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

During the last two weeks, we’ve seen an avalanche of policies directed at dismantling our already hurting infrastructure for public health. One of the effects of this firestorm of destruction of public health agencies is that we are so busy dealing with the next one, we don’t have time to think about successes from yesterday.

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Your Local Epidemiologist

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the department that oversees everything from the FDA and CDC to Medicare and Medicaid. A man who has devoted a large amount of his life to eroding trust in vaccines is now in the nation’s top health post. Social media rewards sensational content, not accuracy.

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Your Local Epidemiologist

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This is post 3 of 4 in this mini-series looking back at the public health communication around the COVID vaccines, why trust was lost, and where communication broke down. Social media content bashing antivaxxers is often popular because people who already trust vaccines cheer it on. Where is this frustration coming from?

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Your Local Epidemiologist

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Health and Human Services appointees were rounded out last week under the new Trump administration. Dr. Bhattacharya is a health economist, and Dr. Makary is a pancreatic surgeon and public policy researcher. Learning from mistakes Many pandemic health protections had benefits and harms. And it worked. The idea went viral.

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