HSR.health has been closely monitoring the global Monkeypox outbreak. One question we have received from clients: Why are we seeing a new global disease outbreak seemingly directly following the COVID-19 pandemic? This question is asked in the context of the fatigue we all have experienced during the pandemic and with apprehension around continued public health […]

Dr. John Snow of England in 1854 showed that the cause of a cholera outbreak in a London neighborhood could be tied to a contaminated well by examining the location of buildings in which sickened people lived. Since then disease fighters around the world have used location to find the sources of illness, the pattern of […]

My first Esri User Conference Experience   Let’s start with the party. All week long I had heard whispers and rumors about how great the Esri UC party is. I’ve been to a lot of corporate summits, expos, conferences, and confabs so I was skeptical, to say the least, that any conference party would be […]

On May 13th, 2022, the first case of monkeypox in this recent outbreak was reported. Since, over a thousand people in 31 countries have been reported as infected with the virus. (The New York Times) For a world still recovering from a society-changing pandemic, and still mourning those lost to COVID-19, this news is an […]

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated literally thousands of times on its journey to bring healthcare systems, economies, and entire nations globally to their knees. Scientists around the world are studying these variants furiously, and this is certainly true for the Omicron variant. Because the pandemic has taught us all about variants and […]

The United States’ diverse population, geography, and demographics create equally diverse levels of availability to healthcare resources. Not unlike the recently popularized term “food deserts”, “pharmacy desert” describes a disparity in access to essential services that provide a reasonable quality of life.   On November 18th, 2021, CVS announced the company would close 900 stores […]

Blog by Ajay K Gupta, CEO, HSR.health, Jay R Etherton, Epidemiologist / Data Scientist, HSR.health, Michael Temchine, Geospatial Analyst, HSR.health, Madeline Lynch, HSR.health The narrative surrounding vaccine hesitancy in America and other high-income countries is complicated and full of nuance. The “5C Model of the Drivers of Vaccine Hesitancy” outlines the five main determinants for […]

Our firm is exhibiting and speaking at the IFAH Vegas 2021 conference from June 23-25 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. At the conference our CMO Ram Peruvemba, MD, FASA will receive the Top 100 Healthcare Visionaries award for his leadership of our global COVID-19 response efforts. Ram will also join a panel on the topic of Health Care […]

New health index can help school systems & administrators understand and mitigate the risk of disease transmission on a per-school and per-classroom basis. ROCKVILLE MD, May 13, 2021 — HSR.health, a leading provider of health-focused geospatial data analytics, announced the release of its ‘School Safety Index’, the latest rollout in its suite of health risk […]

As of April 25, 2021, a total of 228,661,408 COVID-19 vaccination doses have been administered in the United States (US). [1] As more and more people became eligible for the vaccine, the number of total doses administered per day has been on an upwards trend. [2] However, the US still has a ways to go […]