The health alerts, developed by Epic Research, use statistical models applied to real-world medical records to detect when the rate of a health condition in a county is higher than expected.
The company notes that Health Alerts are based on data from Epic Cosmos' participating organizations, and the data does not reflect complete case counts for a condition but rather evaluates population-level trends in disease activity.
The goal of the Health Alerts tool is to surface conditions that are both increased from historical rates and accelerating, Epic said in its description of the Health Alerts feature.
Alerts are most likely to appear for acute conditions, communicable diseases and rare or unexpected spikes rather than for chronic conditions or predictable seasonal patterns.
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