Big Data

Archive
27 January 2016

Big data in healthcare – hype or hope?

Big data is transforming many industries. But how is it relevant in healthcare? This white paper from The Learning Clinic
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29 October 2015

Data to underpin inspections – CQC

The Care Quality Commission has issued a consultation suggesting it could revert to trying to spot problems using data and
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Dame Fiona Caldicott
28 October 2015

Caldicott: care.data hangs on engagement

The UK government and the health service must engage with GPs and the public if the care.data programme is to
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4 February 2015

Shed light on big data – ethics report

Greater transparency about big data projects in healthcare is crucial if they are to succeed without losing public trust, a
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5 August 2014

Key care.data letters ‘not sent’

The care.data programme could be further delayed because ‘expression of interest’ letters have not been sent to potential pilot sites,
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27 March 2014

Joe’s view of care.data

Joe McDonald wonders why the powers behind the care.data programme thought they could push it through on an opt-out model,
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28 January 2014

Power to the people

Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chair of Patient Opinion, looks at the tension between big data and big voice; and
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14 August 2013

CSC buys Infochimps

CSC has bought a US-based big data company called Infochimps.
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5 August 2013

EHI interview: Dr Mark Davies

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is thinking about how best to fulfil its remit of being the focal
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