Mapping Illness: When Immunization and Open Data Intersect

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-14

Summary:

"Immunization issues are breaking across news outlets and social media. High-level official responses, from the CDC to the United States Senate, are chasing the racing public conversation about vaccination, measles outbreaks, and related concerns. In King County, WA, public health officials are richly complementing this network of discussions by delivering open data on immunization rates, via data visualization technology powered by Socrata. Using searchable, clickable maps, King County shows citizens 24/7 the countywide immunization rates at all schools, public and private ... The response has been phenomenal, with more than 14,000 hits to the map since the immunization issues became a hot button topic in 2014 ..."

Link:

http://www.socrata.com/blog/mapping-illness-immunization-open-data-intersect/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.public_health oa.usa oa.psi oa.government oa.data

Date tagged:

02/14/2015, 18:58

Date published:

02/14/2015, 13:58