American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ combine Covid-19 datasets
The American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ offer Covid-19 datasets to researchers and clinicians. The purpose is to examine the relationship with other health conditions and health disparities.
“People living in under-resourced communities, particularly African Americans and US Hispanics, appear to be dying of Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates, as they’re more likely to have underlying health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and obesity,” said Jennifer Hall, Ph.D., chief of data science for the American Heart Association.
“Long before the pandemic, systemic challenges have contributed to disparities that impede some people from living long, healthy lives. Covid-19 has further exacerbated this issue.”
Read the full article on Enterprise Times: https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2020/05/19/american-heart-association-hitachi-vantara-and-burstiq-combine-covid-19-datasets/
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