WHA Information Center (WHAIC) is increasing its analytical services. WHAIC has the capability to answer questions and support business decisions through data mining, and independent review of methods, analyses and presentation quickly and efficiently - providing users with a set of actionable data that has been tailored specifically for an organization's needs and for the area of interest. WHAIC has ready access to the hospital and ambulatory surgery center discharge data sets and the State of Wisconsin RN Nursing Workforce database. In addition to analytics, please check out all Data Products available from the WHAIC. In light of the federal government ending mandatory hospital COVID data reporting, the daily updates of the WHA COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard will be suspended, effective April 30, 2024. WHA plans to maintain the dashboard in its current state as of April 30, 2024, allowing stakeholders to access historical data and trends, but it will not be updated going forward. COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard For access to dashboards containing ongoing COVID-19 data elements, please visit the DHS website.
April is known as Parkinson’s Awareness Month as an opportunity to increase education about the brain disorder. The National Institutes of Health states that Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that impacts one’s coordination, balance, shaking and stiffness.
According to the Brain Injury Association of America, at least 64 million adults report having experienced one or more traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in their life. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated in 2020 that there were roughly 215,000 traumatic brain injury related hospitalizations.
February is known as American Heart Month, bringing awareness to cardiovascular health.
The holiday season has begun! While decorating is one of the best ways to get into the festive spirit, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates there are more than 5,800 injuries per year from holiday decorating.
To help spread the word and educate people on the importance of lung cancer, November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. 1 in 16 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lung cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in both men and women in the United States.
According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, in 2024 there will be an estimated 310,800 new invasive breast cancer diagnoses in the United States. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Outside of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most diagnosed form of cancer in women. It also is the second leading cause of cancer death in women.
WHA Information Center’s mental health-focused work has included developing and publishing free, publicly available dashboards of mental health service and psychiatric bed availability trends in Wisconsin hospitals, and the development of a Psychiatric Bed Locator Tool to help speed the referral of patients for inpatient, crisis stabilization and peer respite services in Wisconsin.
Since 1949, May has been known as Mental Health Month to bring recognition and education around mental health disorders. Each year in the United States, almost one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health illness.
According to a recent Wisconsin Emergency Medical Service (EMS) report, falls are the leading cause of death and injury in 2022 for the state of Wisconsin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that one out of four people aged 65 and older falls each year.
The Alzheimer’s Association states that worldwide, there are more than 55 million people who are living with Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia. In 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as many as 5.8 million Americans were living with Alzheimer’s disease. The CDC expects that number to climb to about 95 million by 2060.
