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conFLUence

conFLUence. Flu News You Can Use By Melissa Kelley. Influenza (the flu). H ighly contagious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses On average annually in the U.S , 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu (15-60 million people)

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conFLUence

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  1. conFLUence Flu News You Can Use By Melissa Kelley

  2. Influenza (the flu) • Highly contagious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses • On average annually in the U.S, 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu (15-60 million people) • Over 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications • About 23,600 people die from the flu-related causes

  3. Project Conceptualization • Initial vision: CDC Challenge (risk communication) • Change in plans: • XML feed issues • Lack of real-time data • Site for officials and emergency managers in pre-event and beginning of emergency phase • Understand potential community risks and capacity • Understand risks and capacity of other locals

  4. Data Sources • CDC website provided data in Excel, XML, RSS, and JSON formats • Health Indicator Warehouse and US Census Bureau provided health and relevant demographic data in Excel or Shapefile formats • Health Indicator Warehouse, Medline and CDC APIs for integrating additional flu information (XML, RESTful, SOAP) • Darthmouth Atlas of Health Care • Free/ open source resources

  5. Site Functionalities • Interactive: Find hospitals, doctors or pharmacies near you; zoom to your location • Custom features: Local places API, drop down menus • Layers: multiple layers with a legend and custom display • New pages: help page and informational page

  6. Site (Dys)Functionalities

  7. The Site

  8. Future Vision • Incorporate XML dynamic feed • Incorporate remotely queried Health Indicator Warehouse • Broaden the applicability to multiple audiences (one stop shop) • Public • Practitioners • Researchers • Media

  9. Thanks!

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