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McHenry County unveils Health Atlas: interactive dashboard intended to improve data access for residents and partners

McHenry County Board of Health · September 17, 2024
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Summary

Epidemiology coordinator Ryan Sachs demonstrated the county's new Health Atlas (healthymchenrycounty.org), a public visual‑analytics dashboard with roughly 301 indicators, maps, downloadable data and a 12‑month rolling view for near‑real‑time trend checks; the tool includes technical notes, suppression rules for small counts and a pilot AI query feature.

Ryan Sachs, the county’s epidemiology program coordinator, demonstrated the McHenry County Health Atlas to the Board of Health and staff, describing it as "the start of a visual analytics dashboard" that makes public‑health data accessible to residents, community partners and grant writers.

Sachs said the site aggregates about 301 indicators across public‑health priorities — access to care, behavioral health, chronic disease, communicable disease, maternal and child…

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