May 16, 2017
Three prominent Boston-area physicians just contributed an opinion piece to WBUR, “Death By A Thousand Clicks”. When doctors and nurses turn their backs to patients in order to pay attention to computer screen, they argue, it pulls their focus from
April 20, 2017
Artist Information Nick Stepro, 2017 D3.js SVG, with Illustrator Data from CMS Public Use File, US Census American Community Survey, and CMS NPPES NPI Registry More about the Data Visualization In an age of expanding data and increasingly powerful tools
March 29, 2017
Medicare ACO Performance Luke Shulman and Nick Stepro Excel, D3.js SVG, with Illustrator Data sourced from 2015 CMS ACO Public Use File Risk scoring underpins many value-based payment programs. In the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Shared Savings
February 23, 2017
The unveiling of our 2017 Data Gallery this week marked the continuation of our annual tradition at the HIMSS conference, and we love that so many attendees return year after year to explore our latest visualizations. #himss17 bucket list achieved: met the
July 1, 2016
This data visualization is not about fast food. Misleading, right? After all, it references a number of the major chains, talks about the relative prices of Quarter Pounders across the country – and it is even called “Burgers and Fries.”
April 26, 2016
At Arcadia, we believe data can be beautiful. Visit our online, interactive Data Gallery to explore high-resolution versions of all our data visualizations. Here, we discuss questions raised by The Final Year: Where and How We Die. In the year before you die –
March 23, 2016
Bronchitis treatment can cost you up to $8000 dollars in a hospital in Boston, MA. The same treatment, in the same region, at a provider of similar size, can cost one-quarter of the price. This a common, but baffling trend
