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PolicyMap will present on retail-based healthcare at the Health Data Initiative (HDI) Forum on June 9!

Katie Nelson — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:09:54 +0000

PolicyMap has been invited to present at the second annual Health Data Initiative (HDI) Forum, which will be held June 9, 2011 at the Natcher Center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. The purpose of the forum is to explore how the public use of health data in innovations and applications can improve health, and the order of the day are fast-paced presentations and Q&As.

PMapper Katie Nelson will be speaking during an interactive apps demonstration, exploring the emergence of retail-based healthcare clinics throughout the country. The presentation will explore the characteristics of communities seeing the growth of these clinics, and we’ll show how PolicyMap can be used to ask policy questions about the opportunities to use retail-clinics to expand health-care to the underserved.

PolicyMap has built a new health widget using data that will be featured in the presentation. In addition to data previously available such as Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), uninsured populations, and hospital and nursing home locations, we have added several new datasets to our Health tab including:

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
Nurse-practitioner led clinics
Retail-based health clinics

Copy and paste the code below for our free Health Data Initiative widget.

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Interactive Health Maps

Maggie McCullough — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:49:38 +0000

With so much happening in Washington D.C. around health care reform, you may be interested in checking out some of the data on PolicyMap showing where people across the country lack health insurance or where the highest concentrations of people in the health care industry actually work. This data and more is available at www.policymap.com/map under the Health tab. Two interactive widgets are also below for you to explore, as is the iframe code for making these maps available on your own website. Pull them into your news stories, blog postings, or other online sites. Go to our blog post to see ways to customize these widgets.

This first map was created using 2006 data from the US Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates and shows, by county, where working age people lack health insurance around the country. The darker areas on the map are those places where the highest concentrations of uninsured people live. Zoom in, click on the map to see actual values, or use the search bar at the top to take the map to your county of interest.

Copy this code to share the widget on your site.

The second map was created using 2007 County Business Pattern data and shows, by zip code, where the highest concentrations of health related jobs are located.

Copy this code to share the widget on your site.

Top 10: Counties with the highest rates of uninsured people in 2006

Bernie Langer — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:45:19 +0000

As the nation debates the need for healthcare reform, a question worth asking is: where are the most uninsured populations? The Census’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) can provide some answers. They have county and state level data for 2005 and 2006.

The Census’ Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) dataset produces model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for states and counties. This dataset is an estimate based on a model because data on health insurance coverage are not available elsewhere at this time. (A question on health insurance coverage has recently been added to the American Community Survey, but widespread reporting on that question is not yet available).

Estimated percent of uninsured people under the age of 65 in 2006

Click here to interact with map.	County, State	Estimated percent of uninsured people under the age of 65
	Terrell County, TX	46.9%
	Edwards County, TX	45.9%
	Hudspeth County, TX	44.2%
	Jeff Davis County, TX	44.1%
	Mason County, TX	43.5%
	Sherman County, TX	43%
	Cimarron County, OK	41.1%
	McMullen County, TX	41.1%
	St Bernard Parish, LA	40.8%
	Briscoe County, TX	40.6%

Do you want to learn more about this dataset or other features on PolicyMap? Join our free weekly trainings (Click Here) or send your questions to pmap@policymap.com.

Top 10: Counties with the Highest Rates of Uninsured People in 2006

Bernie Langer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:38 +0000

Counties with the highest rates of uninsured people in 2006

	County, State	Percent Uninsured 18-64 in '06
Click here to interact with map.	Hudspeth, TX	50.60%
	Edwards, TX	49.40%
	Terrell, TX	49.10%
	Webb, TX	48.90%
	Jeff Davis, TX	47.70%
	Brazos, TX	45.40%
	Mason, TX	45.30%
	Hall, TX	45.20%
	Sherman, TX	45.20%
	Cimarron, OK	45%

Do you want to learn more about this dataset or other features on PolicyMap? Join our free weekly trainings (Click Here) or send your questions to pmap@policymap.com.

A Closer Look: Health Care

Phil Vu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:16:48 +0000

“…we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. We can’t afford to do it.

It (this budget) includes a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform, a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American. It’s a commitment.”

- President Barack Obama – Domestic Priorities to a Joint Session of Congress (2/24/09)

PolicyMap houses and maps a variety of indicators from Census’ Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) that show where uninsured populations live (and are most concentrated) across the country. Check out the Health tab in the Add Data Layer menu to see counts and percentages of uninsured populations, by age and poverty level, in county and state level maps. Look at this map, for example, of the working age population without health insurance. Zoom in to get a closer look at counties in states like Texas, Louisiana, West Virginia, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Montana and Arkansas to see where some of these most burdened populations live.

Click here to interact with map.

Join us later this week as we look at Education and the Working Families.

New Unemployment and Health Insurance data, now on PolicyMap

Phil Vu — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:35:41 +0000

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To mark the inauguration of our 44^th President, we are offering you the opportunity to buy PolicyMap for one month and get the next month free. Justclick here to sign up for an online tutorial and we’ll set you up. Forget what PolicyMap has to offer you as a subscriber? Learn more.

New on PolicyMap this month!

Data:

Uninsured Populations NEW: See where people across the country lack health insurance. Health insurance data from the Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) can be found under the Health tab in the Add Data Layer menu. (Free.)

Home Sales UPDATED: 2^nd quarter 2008 home sale statistics are now available. Look for this under the Real Estate tab in the Add Data Layer menu. (Available to subscribers only.)

Unemployment Numbers and Rates NEW: Explore annual unemployment numbers for counties across the country from 2000 through 2007 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Free.)

Features:

Shade-By Feature: Customize your maps even more using the new “shade by” feature. This new feature, located in the legend on the left, allows you to choose the geography you’d like to see shaded on the map. Create a map shaded at a county level – then use the shade-by drop-down menu to shade the map by census tracts instead. Stay tuned for more on this as we open up even more layers for you!

State Legislative Districts for the Entire Nation: Add state legislative district boundaries to your maps. Click on Map Options in the bottom right and turn on district boundaries for the entire nation.

Chicago Wards and Community Areas: We’ve loaded Chicago Wards and Community Areas for one of our Chicago-based subscribers (Illinois Finance Fund), and hope additional folks in Chicago find them useful. Take the map to Chicago, then layer on these boundaries from the Map Options in the bottom right.

Improved Reports: Get even more information about the places you need to know about. Check out our new reports.

Coming soon!

Powerful Analytic Capabilities: Analyze multiple indicators at once and answer a seemingly endless set of “where” questions. Like, “Where are schools performing above proficiency in Math AND where are home prices still affordable AND where is the average income tax filer paying less than $4,000 a year in state and local taxes?” Imagine. Pose a question, any question. If PolicyMap has the data, you’ll get an answer. Stay tuned!

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Integrate the power of where into your work.

Maggie McCullough

Director, PolicyMap

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