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In the age of ‘fake news’ it’s more important than ever to make sure that what’s being published is the truth – especially when it comes to reporting research and science.
Non-use of data may be an even bigger problem that its misuse.
What can be done to prevent employers from rejecting individuals based on concern about future illnesses? Currently, nothing.
A plan to fine hospitals for avoidable hospitalisations and pay GPs to prevent them has many issues. The main problem is that it’s impossible to measure the outcomes of health care in Australia.
Confidential data and even human lives are at risk thanks to the huge spread of connected technology in healthcare.
Measurement matters, especially when it comes to health care and how well we are treated if we get sick or have to go to hospital.
Africa battles with a dearth of data and seems unable to scale up health innovations. If these can be systematically addressed, the continent can take great strides towards better health for all.
The truth is that data in Africa are not produced on time, not frequently enough, are of poor quality and aren’t accurate. This makes it difficult to make data driven decisions.
The cancer screening registry contract won by Telstra Health is only the first of the potential outsourcing of health programs. It creates a precedent that needs to be right.
Where you live affects your health and life expectancy. This makes it possible to map health outcomes against train stations, so that you can readily see the inequalities across cities like Melbourne.
Fitness devices like Fitbit set an automatic goal of 10,000 steps a day. But this isn’t the magic threshold some make it out to be.
As wearables record more personal and physical activity data about us, we risk giving away more than we’d imagine.
Australia is a sporting nation and the tragic death of batsman Phil Hughes is still very much in the hearts and minds of fans and players alike. Deaths in sport are rare but history does tell us that they…
With a “win-at-all-costs” culture firmly embedded in elite sport, coaches are increasingly turning to technology in attempts to zoom in on the slightest deficiencies perceived to be thwarting the performance…
Beyond simply counting steps, fitness tracking technology creates personal black boxes that archive everything we do – even sleeping. So it’s not surprising to see that a Calgary law firm, representing…
As the world wakes up to the power of data, we need to start working out how to join up all this information. We need to turn it into meaningful findings that will help us to make changes to the way we…
The average citizen may not feel that they have anything to fear from the rise of apps that promise to identify sex offenders in their area but they are part of a worrying trend that should act as a warning…
It’s crunch time for the UK government’s controversial care.data scheme, which has been postponed for the second time. A new advisory panel is starting work this week to try to work out how to get this…
The debate about uploading nearly all data from UK medical practices to a national database continues to cause concern. Responding to fears that the information held in the care.data database will put…
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Professor (adjunct) and Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Director, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter
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Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath
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Associate professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer of Media Studies and Digital Media, University of Sussex
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Information Specialist, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Professor of Digital Economy, University of Nottingham
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Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Digital and Social Media, University of Technology Sydney
