Guest post by Malcolm Megaw from BSO The aspiration for the MIDAS project in Northern Ireland is to develop a tool that can provide analysis and insight into a uniquely created […]
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A health news explorer with MeSH headings integration
Guest post by Joao Pita Costa from Quintelligence The search of worldwide news contributes to a global perspective of the world health, but also to the aspects of regional health where […]
Data Preparation Sync
Guest post by Mónica Arrúe and Gorka Epelde from Vicomtech In the context of MIDAS project, a data preparation sync functionality has been implemented to allow policy site data owners […]
MIDAS: Supporting Ireland’s National Health Priorities
Guest blog post by Prof. Regina Connolly, Dublin City University Business School Healthcare in Ireland is changing radically as a result of demographic, organisational and resourcing factors as well as the […]
Time Series Analysis Of Open Prescribing Data
A guest blog post by Brian Cleland, Ulster University As part of the MIDAS project, the team at Ulster University has undertaken to examine the potential for using open data […]
The New Act Kicks In!
Guest blog post by Antti Tuomi-Nikula, THL In Finland, the use of micro level health and welfare data for scientific research has been possible for a long time, and it […]
Social Campaign Manager nominated for DatSci Award 2019
Guest post by Peter Poliwoda, IBM Ireland We are delighted to announce that the Social Campaign Manager (SCM) developed by the Innovation Exchange, a team based in the Ireland Lab […]
Data protection or persecution?
A guest blog post by Paul Carlin from South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust The news broke yesterday of British Airways being fined £183 Million for the theft of […]
Metadata – the key to unlocking data utility
Guest blog post by Susan Campbell from Business Services Organisation What is metadata? Metadata is structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use or […]
Using Open Data in MIDAS
Guest blog post by Scott Fischaber from Analytics Engines The overarching goals of the MIDAS project are to provide software and tools for healthcare policy makers to enable data-driven policy […]