Health Matters: September 2024

FEATURED POST

Food as Medicine

Food as medicine (FaM) is capturing people’s attention across the United States, from the federal government to public health officials, large corporations, nonprofits, and venture capitalists. Understanding and visualizing community-level needs and social determinants of health is essential to implementing FaM interventions, as it enables stakeholders to address diet-related diseases, reduce healthcare costs, and enhance community health more effectively. Learn how PolicyMap can help.

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ON THE BLOG

Shaping the future of healthcare: Insights from Rock Health Summit 2024

Maggie McCullough, CEO and Founder of PolicyMap, shared the Rock Health Summit stage with fellow panelists to break down the “Food as Medicine” movement. Check out highlighted insights from the summit on trends and opportunities driving the next wave of healthcare innovation

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CUSTOMER STORY

Feeding America

PolicyMap’s intuitive mapping platform and extensive data warehouse helps Feeding America’s community-based partners assess assets, identify service gaps, and plan strategically.

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Updated Data

CDC’s Seasonal Flu Activity data has been updated to the 2023-2024 flu season. This update adds the latest data years from 2019-2024 and is a complete data refresh of our historical data.

CDC Cancer Incidence data has been updated for the latest 2016-2020 and 2017-2021 time periods. The data is available by cancer type and race/ethnicity.

The MapMealGap dataset from Feeding America is updated to 2022 on PolicyMap. A new indicator has been added called Food Insecure Persons Not Eligible for SNAP.

Head Start Center location data from the Office of the Administration for Children and Families Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center has been updated to 2024.

We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website and X (formerly known as Twitter).

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