This research explores the confluence of big data analytics and Geographic information
systems (GIS) in healthcare decision-making. The comparative review delineates the unique …

Background The electronic health record (EHR) has become increasingly ubiquitous. At the
same time, health professionals have been turning to this resource for access to data that is …

Although environmental epidemiology studies often rely on geocoding procedures in the
process of assigning spatial exposure estimates, geocoding methods are not commonly …

Background At time of myomectomy, a surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids, Black
women tend to have larger uteri than White women. This makes Black patients less likely to …

Electronic health record (EHR)-derived data can be linked to geospatially distributed
socioeconomic and environmental factors to conduct large-scale epidemiologic studies …

Background Environmental, social and economic exposures can be inferred from address
information recorded in an electronic health record. However, these data often contain …

Introduction The rapid adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems has resulted in
extensive archives of data relevant to clinical research, hospital operations, and the …

A wide range of datasets containing geographically distributed measures of the environment
and social factors is currently available, and as low-cost sensors and other devices become …

Abstract Efforts to enhance Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for the study of conditions
in which social and economic variables play a prominent role include linking clinical data to …

Because chronic obstructive airway diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) increase individual susceptibility to the …