New MassGIS Acute Care Hospitals Layer

MassGIS distributes a selection of free GIS Layers. The latest datalayer, Acute Care Hospitals shows the location of 82 acute care hospitals in Massachusetts. The datalayers are formatted to be compatible with ArcGIS and are freely downloadable.

Other health related layers include Long Term Care Residences and Community Health Centers


Additional datalayer topics:
Crime Statistics By Municipality
Crime Statistics By Colleges and Universities
Police Employment By Municipality
Police Employment By Colleges and Universities
Schools
School type: Public, Private, Collaborative Program, Charter, Approved Special Education
Colleges and Universities

For more information or GIS training contact: Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Manager

The Future Of Work - It’s Data, Baby - NYTimes.com

This August 12th NYTimes.com article talks about value of data skills for future jobs:


The Future Of Work - It’s Data, Baby - NYTimes.com

MBA 's and WRDS accounts Policies

A change in Wharton policy now allows MBA's to directly set up a WRDS account.

Go directly to: http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu

Click the "request a user account" link
For Account type select Masters.
Fill in the remainder of the form and click on "submit request"

Generally accounts require 24-48 for confirmation.

Questions? Contact: wrdsreps@bc.edu

OECD Health Data 2009 Released

OECD Health Data 2009, released on 1st July 2009, offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool for health researchers and policy advisors in governments, the private sector and the academic community, to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health care systems.

Available via SourceOECD! See New Statistics and Databases.