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UPenn Model Forecasts Hospitalizations

UPenn Model Forecasts Hospitalizations

by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 25, 2020 | Modelpedia, Uncategorized

For many hospitals, exceeding resources due to high volumes of COVID-19 is not a matter of if, but when. A model from the University of Pennsylvania is helping hospitals predict how close that when might be. [See the app here.] [Github here.] From STAT: CHIME...
Harvard Model Explores Infection Scenarios in Areas Without Testing

Harvard Model Explores Infection Scenarios in Areas Without Testing

by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 25, 2020 | Modelpedia, Uncategorized

A team from the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has designed an app to explore how many COVID-19 cases may exist in areas without widespread testing. The app lets users adjust various parameters, which are then...
Nobel Laureate Forecasts Quicker Coronavirus Recovery

Nobel Laureate Forecasts Quicker Coronavirus Recovery

by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 25, 2020 | Modelpedia, Uncategorized

A new forecast this week goes against the conventional wisdom that many countries are facing a long, painful recovery from COVID-19. The forecast from Michael Levitt, a Stanford biophysicist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013, focuses on the number of...
Imperial College of London Models Effects of Social Distancing

Imperial College of London Models Effects of Social Distancing

by CivicMeter Staff | Mar 20, 2020 | Modelpedia, Uncategorized

A recent report from the Imperial College of London modeled three scenarios for how the COVID-19 pandemic could unfold. The model’s results showcase starkly different outcomes the United States, and the world, could face depending on how officials react to the...

Health Records Of Over 5 Million Americans Are On Insecure Servers: Report

by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 11, 2020 | Health and Privacy, Uncategorized

X-Rays, MRIs, and CT scans of millions of U.S. patients are left unprotected by even a modicum of security on publicly accessible servers, according to an investigation conducted by ProPublica. Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson reported on lack of security for...

Four Ways Organizations Are Using AI for Social Impact

by CivicMeter Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | Nonprofit Management, Uncategorized

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots are taking over our world. If you’ve been online in the past 12 months, you’ve probably seen them: innocuous little boxes that inquire as to whether you need any help or have any questions about a product or...
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