Does My MD Look Like Me?
The other day, as I listened to the news, a story came on about telemedicine’s increased use during the current COVID-19 pandemic. I wasn’t surprised
Welcome to my newsletter and blog, Health and Healthcare Data Unleashed, a guide to understanding, presenting and using health and healthcare data, information and evidence. I’ve been writing and posting here since 2010 on a range of topics and resources I’ve encountered in my own data analysis and data visualization journey. You will notice a gap beginning in 2020 as I took time away to work on my book, Visualizing Health and Healthcare Data – I hope you’ll check it out!
The other day, as I listened to the news, a story came on about telemedicine’s increased use during the current COVID-19 pandemic. I wasn’t surprised
My friends and family love to tell stories about my failed attempts at baking. Ha, ha, they’re hilarious — actually, they are, but I have to
Can I tell you how tired I am of hearing people tell me that “bars are boring”? VERY TIRED. Bar humbug!! A true pillar of
It’s quite astonishing how even when I get out of my office and resolve not think about my work for a while, I stumble upon
I’m heading to Bustins Island, Maine, in a few days to swing in the hammock and sip watermelon mojitos — Nirvana. I’m looking forward to
I think (and hope) that I’m exceptionally open to new ideas and to change — but if I’m brutally honest, I must also acknowledge that
Do you remember taking standardized tests? The one I remember best was the SAT’s, in high school. They struck fear into our hearts: would my
It’s a beautiful snowy morning in New England. There’s a fire in the fireplace, and my husband is reading the newspaper with two pups snoozing
I’m a long (long)-time devotee of the iconic Marimekko designs and textiles. I have Marimekko clothes (I’m sure they’re considered vintage now), and in my
A colleague recently sent me an article by Atul Gawande, MD: “Why Doctors Hate Their Computers” (huh — you don’t say!). If you’re familiar with
Perhaps you’ve visited this memorial. There are more than 58,000 names engraved on panels of polished black granite commemorating the Americans who died or were
This past summer our beloved daughter, Annie, was married to our new, very favorite son-in-law, Douglas. There were bubbles blown by the guests as the
I’ve been thinking of including a book (or two) about using maps to display data on my 2018 Summer Reading List, but it was my
Recently I was engaged to help the Donaghue Foundation re-imagine parts of its 2017 Annual Report. I was thrilled to work on this project, as
Recently my colleague and HealthDataViz Senior Consultant Janet Steeger sent me the graph below and an associated article, with the subject line “Blog Posting?”. (Click
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Unleash Your Inner Healthcare Data
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