Publications by authors named "Soowoo Back"
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- PCORnet is a major research network that standardizes clinical data from various health systems and expanded its infrastructure in 2018 to support public health surveillance of chronic diseases and COVID-19.
- Enhancements included a new table for patient zip codes and a modular program for generating population health statistics; case studies showed significant findings for conditions like atrial fibrillation and cirrhosis.
- By August 2023, most PCORnet sites were able to provide detailed patient data, demonstrating its potential to improve public health surveillance with comprehensive data across different health conditions.
The mpox 2022 outbreak was declared a public health emergency in July 2022. In August 2022, the MVA-BN vaccine received emergency use authorization in the United States (US) to target at-risk groups. This study (EUPAS104386) used HealthVerity's administrative US healthcare data to generate real-world evidence for MVA-BN vaccine effectiveness and safety to prevent mpox disease in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women, the most affected population during the 2022 mpox outbreak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConcerns have been raised about progestin-containing contraceptives and the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Based on health insurance data from women in the United States with intrauterine device (IUD) insertions during 2011-2018, there was no increased risk of incident HIV diagnosis for levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs versus copper IUDs.
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