Editorial OJPHI Vol 8, No 3 (2016)

The current issue consists of interesting topics ranging from the design of visualizations for big health data; formulating an ontological framework for analyzing health policy; development of near real-time surveillance models using social media; asthma exacerbation risk predictions; deployment of analytics in community health centers; using Google reviews to assess the risk of elder abuse; the use of electronic health records in health care homes; to a review of data privacy and security requirements for public health research.