This demo uses a small sampling of the data from medicare.gov. Scores plotted below the map provide a measure the quality of care from Medicare-certified hospitals across the country. This visualization uses tooltips and color change to extend the capabilities of the USGS earthake demo.
Functionality includes:
Sub-sampling – As with the earthake demo, you can run your mouse along the lower plot to sub-sample medicare providers. The plot shows score versus (east-west) location on the map for each provider.
Tooltips – Run your mouse over a provider location on the map to see additional information,
in this case a tooltip pops up and displays the provider ID and name.
In addition, the selected value changes from brown to yellow on both the map
and the lower plot to reveal relative score.
Multiple data sets – Use the full-screen view to select among the various measures that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses to compare providers.
All of these features are readily customized, and many other analysis capabilties can be added.