{"id":407,"date":"2020-09-18T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=407"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:52:38","slug":"pcori-awards-evidence-map-depicting-impact-of-social-needs-interventions-on-health-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/pcori-awards-evidence-map-depicting-impact-of-social-needs-interventions-on-health-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"PCORI Awards Evidence Map Depicting Impact of Social Needs Interventions on Health Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-410\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alberto-Cairo-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Alberto Cairo, Interactive Evidence Map\" width=\"242\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alberto-Cairo-circle.jpg 242w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alberto-Cairo-circle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alberto-Cairo-circle-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/>Data specialists at IDSC are collaborating with national consulting firm MDB, Inc., in designing and developing an interactive evidence map displaying the impact of social needs interventions on health outcomes. \u201cOur multidisciplinary UM team will effectively translate scientific findings and data into a visual evidence map to help physicians, researchers, and health insurance systems see patterns that otherwise would not be evident,\u201d said <strong>Alberto Cairo<\/strong>, PhD, IDSC Visualization, Data Communication, and Information Design Director.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Michael-D-Baker-circle.png\" alt=\"Michael D. Baker, MDB, Inc.\" width=\"243\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Michael-D-Baker-circle.png 243w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Michael-D-Baker-circle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Michael-D-Baker-circle-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>Michael D. Baker<\/strong>, founder of MDB, Inc., leads the collaborative team in the project: \u201cSocial Needs Interventions and Health Outcomes: An Evidence Map\u201d for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). A Washington, DC, nonprofit launched in 2010, PCORI funds studies that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed healthcare choices. \u201cData visualization in this evidence map will empower communities, health systems, purchasers, payers, and other stakeholders by depicting which interventions work for various populations, opening the door to improved health outcomes,\u201d said Baker, whose firm works with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other Federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, Baker reached out to UM\u2019s professionals at IDSC and the School of Communication to prepare a proposal for the leading-edge national project, and he received approval in May. \u201cPCORI will provide the research data on social needs interventions, and we will bring that information to life,\u201d said Baker. \u201cOur team blends UM faculty, graphic designers, web developers, and user experience experts to deliver a clear and user-friendly interactive evidence map to PCORI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker said a group of researchers will conduct a thorough search of the literature on social needs interventions, and will prepare their findings for visualization. Then, Dr. Cairo will guide the design, development, and testing of the interactive evidence map, which will consist of several data visualizations. \u201cThis involves visually mapping quantities using properties such as height, length, position, and color to bring out patterns and relationships within the data,\u201d said Dr. Cairo. \u201cEffective design visualization reflects both the purpose of the tool and its users, and the graphic elements need to convey the information in an accurate, understandable manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other UM professionals include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christopher Mader<\/strong>, Director of IDSC\u2019s Software Engineering team, will assist with the design, development, and programming of the evidence map.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lenny Martinez<\/strong>, a designer and engineer at the School of Communication, will be the main developer, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara Millet<\/strong>, PhD, Director of the UM User Experience (UX) Lab, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media at the School of Communication, will guide the user testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-409 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PCORI-Awards-Chris-Mader-Lenny-Martinez-Barbara-Millet.png\" alt=\"Chris Mader, Lenny Martinez, and Barbara Millet\" width=\"864\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PCORI-Awards-Chris-Mader-Lenny-Martinez-Barbara-Millet.png 864w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PCORI-Awards-Chris-Mader-Lenny-Martinez-Barbara-Millet-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PCORI-Awards-Chris-Mader-Lenny-Martinez-Barbara-Millet-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of an evidence map is to facilitate evidence-informed decision making for clinicians and their patients,\u201d said Baker. \u201cWe are confident this important initiative will achieve that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data specialists at IDSC are collaborating with national consulting firm MDB, Inc., in designing and developing an interactive evidence map displaying the impact of social needs interventions on health outcomes. \u201cOur multidisciplinary UM team will effectively translate scientific findings and data into a visual evidence map to help physicians, researchers, and health insurance systems see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,51],"tags":[161,165,70,168,159,169,166,164,163,162,167,158,170,160],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2020","category-visualization","tag-alberto-cairo","tag-barbara-millet","tag-chris-mader","tag-data-visualization","tag-evidence-map","tag-hhs","tag-interactive-maps","tag-lenny-martinez","tag-mdb-inc","tag-michael-d-baker","tag-patient-centered-outcomes","tag-pcori","tag-school-of-communication","tag-social-needs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}