Carnegie Mellon University’s Delphi Research Group Enhances COVIDcast With Change Healthcare COVID-19 De-Identified Claims ...
01 Dezember 2020 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Unique data helps researchers track and
forecast pandemic patterns
Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) and Carnegie Mellon
University’s Delphi Research Group today announced the launch of
Delphi's enhanced COVIDcast real-time COVID-19 indicators.
Since April, Delphi has been collecting real-time data on
self-reported COVID-19 symptoms and other disease indicators
nationwide. This county-level information about the coronavirus
pandemic is updated continuously and shared with both the public
and health researchers. Now, COVIDcast is taking a further step by
adding de-identified COVID-19 claims from Change Healthcare to its
unique combination of survey, testing, and mobility data.
"Tracking and forecasting the spread of a novel disease such as
COVID-19 is a challenging task that requires new types and sources
of data," said Ryan Tibshirani, co-director of the Delphi Research
Group. "We are always evaluating our data streams and looking at
ways of filling gaps in our knowledge. Change Healthcare has
stepped up in the biggest way possible to give us crucial
information for understanding the current state of the pandemic. We
are extremely appreciative of their contributions to our
effort."
As a preeminent research university, Carnegie Mellon leverages
its leadership in machine learning, statistics, and data science,
as well as its partnership with The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, to offer a more complete and real-time
picture of COVID-19 than previously possible. Its Delphi Research
Group works to advance the theory and practice of epidemic
forecasting. Now enhanced with Change Healthcare's de-identified
claims, COVIDcast helps researchers better understand the
pandemic’s impact at the community level by providing
comprehensive, geographically detailed, and continuously updated
indicators of pandemic activity. Understanding the impact of the
pandemic on individual communities helps researchers learn patterns
and identify trends that will make it possible to improve patient
treatment within each community. The data used by COVIDcast is
de-identified in accordance with HIPAA privacy regulations.
“Delphi group’s vision is to make epidemiological forecasting as
universally accepted and useful as weather forecasting,” said Tim
Suther, senior vice president of Data Solutions at Change
Healthcare. “The addition of de-identified COVID-19 claims from
Change Healthcare allows COVIDcast to present a more complete,
multi-dimensional picture of the pandemic and its impact.”
Change Healthcare operates one of the nation's largest datasets
of de-identified claims and remittances. For details on how
authorized healthcare stakeholders can use de-identified,
aggregated data to help solve some of healthcare’s biggest
problems, visit the Healthcare Data and Analytics Solutions site or
contact the Change Healthcare sales team.
About Delphi Research Group
Headquartered at Carnegie Mellon University, the Delphi Research
Group was founded in 2012 to advance the theory and practice of
epidemic forecasting. Beginning in March 2020, we refocused efforts
towards combating the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting informed
decision-making at federal, state, and local levels of government
and in the healthcare sector. Our primary efforts include (i)
comprehensive, validated, geographically detailed, and continuously
updated indicators of pandemic activity and its impact; (ii)
short-term forecasts of epidemic spread and healthcare demand; and
(iii) interactive visualizations to make this information available
to the wider public. Follow us on Twitter to stay apprised of our
efforts @cmudelphi.
About Change Healthcare
Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) is a leading independent
healthcare technology company, focused on insights, innovation, and
accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system
through the power of the Change Healthcare Platform. We provide
data and analytics-driven solutions to improve clinical, financial,
administrative, and patient engagement outcomes in the U.S.
healthcare system. Learn more at changehealthcare.com.
For more information on Change Healthcare, please visit our
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To learn more about the Delphi research group at Carnegie Mellon
University and its work in epidemiological forecasting, visit
https://delphi.cmu.edu/. And for more information on Change
Healthcare’s COVID-19 Analytics Service, visit
https://inspire.changehealthcare.com/COVID-19-Analytic-Data-Sets.
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