2016 Health Data Symposium

On December 1, 2016, the Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Services hosted the 2016 DHEC Health Data Symposium. The purpose of the event was to share information on some of DHEC's available health data sources. Attendees from the department, colleges and universities, as well as non-profits and community organizations participated. This was the first of what is planned to be an annual event.

On this page, you can view the agenda and get contact information for the presenters.

Abstracts - Health Data Symposium 2019

Guidelines

OVERVIEW

The event will be held at the University of South Carolina Alumni Center (900 Senate Street, Columbia, SC) on Friday, February 1, 2019. This all-day event will feature a keynote address by Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD, Medical Officer and Associate Director for Children with Special Healthcare Needs for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at CDC, and an afternoon plenary session by Jennifer Bailey Bisson, PhD from the Department of Psychology at Clemson University.

Health Data Symposium

The Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Services hosted the DHEC Health Data Symposium. The purpose of the event was to share information on some of DHEC's available health data sources. Attendees from the department, colleges and universities, as well as non-profits and community organizations participated.

Find information from the 2016, 2017, and 2019 DHEC Health Data Symposium:

Dataset Details

The Dataset Details page includes both Data Details and Metadata. Each of these documents is specific to the corresponding dataset. In order to fully understand, interpret, and compare data, it is vital to have complete knowledge of the data elements included in each dataset.