Using Analytics Tools to Drive Care Coordination for Wildfire Victims
Health IT Analytics January 22, 2024
Analytics-driven population health management strategies may help healthcare organizations tackle the persistent care challenges posed by wildfires.
Climate change is a public health crisis, threatening human health by increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters like hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, heatwaves, wildfires, and more. These events have significant ramifications for the healthcare system worldwide, increasing costs and exacerbating infectious diseases.
Air pollution caused by agricultural emissions and wildfire smoke may also contribute to adverse outcomes in chronic disease.
Links between air pollution and brain damage have been found in medical literature for decades, but more recent studies have confirmed that air quality can play a significant role in the development of neurodegenerative disease. One longitudinal study published in 2018...