Can Big Data Save Lives?

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Can Big Data save lives?

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12th September, 2014

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“Right now we don’t data-mine health care data. If we did we’d

probably save 100,000 lives next year.”Larry Page, Evil Genius / Google Co-Founder

Google Flu Trends

Uses searches made to predict the forthcoming influenza cases in the US.

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Unfortunately, Google Flu Trends over estimated flu levels 100 out of 108 weeks when compared with figures from the US

centres for disease control.

Professor David Lanzer, Northeastern University, Boston.

Are concerns over privacy preventing developments in healthcare?

Or are companies like Google trying to garner more information around individual health and fitness via wearables and apps in order to put

this information to use commercially?


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Can Big Data save lives?


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In natural disasters?


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Preventative: Ice Storms, New Orleans

For the first time, federal officials scoured Medicare health insurance

claims to identify potentially vulnerable people and share their names

with local public health authorities for outreach during emergencies

and disaster drills.

Kidney dialysis patients were advised to seek early treatment because

clinics would be closing. Others who rely on breathing machines at home

were told how to find help if the power went out.


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Post Disaster: Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

Within hours of land fall, engineers had integrated data

from satellite imagery, weather data, geospacial data on key

infrastructure, relief resources, reports from news agencies and

data from mobile devices.

From Singapore, they could make initial damage estimates and

determine the hardest hit areas and deploy resources accordingly.


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By preventing crime?


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By integrating numerous public safety , open source and

proprietary data systems some cities in the US have

comprehensive views and rich insights into criminal activity.

These insights then inform investigations into past crime and

help form operations to disrupt and dismantle violent networks.


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By managing urbanisation?


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As millions move into cities, governments are struggling to

expand sustainably.

NYC has introduced DataBridge, a Data warehouse that links

departments such as buildings, finance, city planning, consumer

affairs and fire and health.

e.g. the Department of Sanitation analyse historical complaints

and response data to improve planning for future events, such as

the upcoming snow season.


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Are there ways in which we can work with local or regional government to

assist in planning against:

Bush fires?Flooding?

Criminal Activity?Inadequate City Planning?

Thank You.

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Can Big Data Save Lives?