State health dept. introduces IQuery interactive community health
data portal
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[August 09, 2012]
CHICAGO --
In an effort to provide greater access to health statistics
and information for health providers, local health departments and
the general public statewide, the Illinois Department of Public
Health has unveiled IQuery, or Illinois Query, an interactive,
community health data portal.
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"Our public health partners as well as consumers are always
interested in having easy access to health statistics in Illinois --
IQuery provides it in an easy-to-use interface that offers detailed
information about community health statewide," said IDPH Director
LaMar Hasbrouck. "It's a perfect way to utilize technology to
facilitate greater information about community health in Illinois."
Portal users can easily click color-coded categories, including 17
health categories with more than 150 different health indicators
(such as childbirth and communicable diseases), geographic area,
time period and population demographics to obtain results. IQuery
also provides individual data profiles separated by community
health, health category and leading causes of death for all 102
Illinois counties. Users have the choice of receiving results in
Excel spreadsheet or PDF format for easy placement into papers and
reports. Data is available from 2000-2011, depending on the
category.
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IQuery is a project of the Illinois Health Data Dissemination
Initiative, for which IDPH is the lead agency. It is also a product
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Assessment
Initiative, a five-year, $1.2 million grant designed to help health
departments collect data to better assess the health needs of their
communities. IQuery builds on the Illinois Project for Local
Assessment of Needs Data System, or IPLAN, and will eventually
incorporate the IPLAN website.
Access IQuery on the home page of the IDPH website at
http://www.idph.state.il.us/
or visit the portal directly at
http://iquery.illinois.gov/.
[Text from
Illinois
Department of Public Health file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information] |