Rochester Epidemiology Project Data Now Available To Researchers
Free Of Charge Through New Data Sharing Tool
The Rochester
Epidemiology Project (REP) which has prevalence data on the health of
the Olmstead County Minnesota population going back more than 50 years
is making this information available free of charge to researchers,
public health officials, and the public. According to Walter Rocca,
co-director of The Rochester Epidemiology Project, this new tool,
called the Data Exploration Portal, “…provides a new way to examine
the occurrence of diseases and facilitate prevention in our
community…We are excited to be able to share some of the data and to
see what other insights it will bring to community health and
wellness.”
According
to a press statement, the Data Exploratory Portal will allow
investigators to accomplish multiple purposes. These include:
1) Compare the prevalence of different conditions to
determine if there is something of interest to investigate
2) Explore age and sex-specific information
3) Identify geographic clusters
4) Test hypotheses
5) Narrow the focus of public health agencies to the
conditions most relevant to their communities
6) Allow providers to identify potential patient needs
and better personalize care.
7) Allow patients to better educate themselves about
their disease
To learn more about the REP and the data portal, visit:
https:/tinyurl.com/y9ahf5jk ■
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