Diabetes Surveillance System (DiSS)
By combining the impact of community indicators, including socioeconomic status, demographic characteristics, medication use patterns, health services utilization, and environmental conditions, the DiSS Vulnerability Index forecasts the likelihood that people living with diabetes in a community will have diabetes-related emergency department visits or hospitalizations within one year. For each community, the top 10 medical and top 10 social risk drivers of diabetes are listed. Additional indicators, such as “number of diabetes prescription fills in the past 3 months,” are shown under "Select Map Indicator” to provide additional, actionable information in understanding and addressing diabetes vulnerability in the community.
All indicators are classified as Very High, High, Moderate, Low, or Very Low Risk according to how they affect the community's vulnerability to diabetes. By selecting particular indicators of interest or by going to the "Select Map Indicator" filter, the user can drill down to view how specific indicators affect the community’s vulnerability to diabetes. Another approach is to select a particular geography of interest, such as one or multiple Zip Codes or census tracts, and further examine microgeographic vulnerabilities and inequalities.
At every geographic level, a risk-driven, color-coded map is displayed in the center with demographic data included to the right of the map. The top risk factors contributing to diabetes vulnerability are displayed under the map, in three categories: top 10 clinical, top 10 social determinants of health, and other indicators.
Hypertension Surveillance System (HySS)
The Hypertension Surveillance System (HySS) is a community-focused dashboard that offers a holistic view into hypertension vulnerability throughout Dallas County. HySS presents a new, validated Hypertension Vulnerability Index that combines insights from social and health data to anticipate a community's susceptibility to adverse hypertension-related outcomes and identify areas of health inequities. The Vulnerability Index is ranked from very low to very high risk indicating the increased level of vulnerability of hypertension in the community.
By combining the impact of community indicators, including socioeconomic status, demographic characteristics, medication use patterns, health services utilization, and environmental conditions, the HySS Vulnerability Index forecasts the likelihood that people living with hypertension in a community will have hypertension-related emergency department visits or hospitalizations within a year. For each community, the top 10 medical and top 10 social risk drivers of hypertension are listed. Additional indicators, such as “Count of Patients with Mental Behavioral Health (MBH) diagnosis,” are shown under “Select Map Indicator” to provide additional, actionable information in understanding and addressing hypertension vulnerability in the community.
All indicators are classified as Very High, High, Moderate, Low, or Very Low Risk according to how they affect the community's vulnerability to hypertension. By selecting particular indicators of interest or by going to the "Select Map Indicator" filter, the user can drill down to view how specific indicators affect the community’s vulnerability to hypertension. Another approach is to select a particular geography of interest, such as one or multiple Zip Codes or census tracts, and further examine microgeographic vulnerabilities and inequalities.
At every geographic level, a risk-driven, color-coded map is displayed in the center with demographic data included to the right of the map. The top risk factors contributing to hypertension vulnerability are displayed under the map, in three categories: top 10 clinical, top 10 social determinants of health and other indicators.
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