Texas and SAS to improve flu tracking and response with analytics
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Monday, June 26, 2023
CARY, N.C., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global analytics leader SAS and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) are teaming up to develop new public health dashboards for tracking influenza data across the state, unifying multiple flu surveillance sources into a central visualization platform. SAS' deep analytical capabilities also power the dashboard's predictive models, giving health providers better projections of a disease's spread.
Key Points:
- SAS' deep analytical capabilities also power the dashboard's predictive models, giving health providers better projections of a disease's spread.
- With the flu dashboards, Texas health officials can focus on their most important work: keeping Texans healthy.
- The Texas DSHS dashboards and analytics are powered by SAS® Viya®, the company's cloud-based AI, machine learning, analytics and data management platform.
" - "With a better view of where flu is, and where it's likely going, Texas health officials can focus on their most important work: keeping Texans healthy."