JMIR Publications
Linus Chirchir is an experienced data analyst currently working at Research Data Scotland since September 2024, focusing on dataset feasibility assessments and preparation for integration into Scotland's National Safe Haven. Previously, as a health data analyst at the University of Edinburgh from September 2023 to June 2024, Linus optimised data processing efficiency and accessibility through SQL and R, while providing actionable insights from NHS datasets that benefitted over 700 patients. Linus has a substantial background as an ICT officer/researcher at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, where data analysis led to significant improvements in patient satisfaction and operational cost reductions. Linus holds a Master of Science in Health Data Science from Swansea University and multiple advanced degrees in health leadership, information systems, and business management.
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JMIR Publications
JMIR Publications is the leading ehealth publisher, advancing progress in the health, engineering and social sciences to ultimately help people to live happier and healthier lives using technology. JMIR Publications helps innovators in the health technology space to collaborate and to disseminate their innovations, ideas, and research results to the widest possible audience. JMIR Publications is a rapidly growing innovative academic publisher. It builds on the success of JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research), which started in 1998 as a small independent open access project hosted at a university, which subsequently grew into the most influential journal in medical informatics (ranked #1 by Impact Factor by Thomson Reuters for three years, JIF>5.0) and health services research. Pioneer in #openaccess and #openscience, JMIR Publications is now also publishing a superjournal JMIRx as overlay journal on top of preprint servers.