Predict the prevalence of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV
The Optum® Infectious Disease Platform monitors emerging disease patterns and forecasts potential health events. Better accuracy helps you provide the appropriate resources and vaccines people need.
Our platform reflects nationwide infectious disease activity and includes:
- More than 50 million lives
- 40 private and public datasets providing 6 billion new data points each year
- 2,200 models trained down to a hyper-local level
- 80% forecasting accuracy for all locations
The Infectious Disease Platform provides valuable information regarding state and local transmission. This information is actionable when determining plans of care, contingency planning and providing direction for clinical staff.
Senior Medical Director, Optum Care Solutions
Key benefits
Our proprietary, low-latency, hyper-local, real-world data and external data sources provide a near real-time view into disease states.
Surveillance
Get near real-time surveillance for a range of specific infectious diseases down to a hyper-local level.
Forecasting
Models predict risk levels for a specific infectious disease for the current week and the next 3 weeks down to a hyper-local level.
Vulnerability index
Segment population by condition severity, medication, procedure and more.
Air quality
Quantify the effect that changing environmental factors have on local populations.
See how the Infectious Disease Platform can benefit your business
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Quickly see who is exposed, infected and asymptomatic
A combination of data sources helps you see the current state of an infectious disease at national, state and hyper-local levels.
RSV
Predict current week plus the next, for a 2-week forecast.
Influenza
Predict current week plus next 3 weeks, for a 4-week forecast.
COVID-19
Predict current week plus next 3 weeks, for a 4-week forecast.
Vulnerability
Predict the likelihood a local population will be hospitalized.
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