Guest post by Paul Carlin from South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust MIDAS is all about sharing, sharing information in a coherent way that assures quality and presents it […]
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Privacy and health data mining
Guest post by Gorana Nikolic from KU Leuven Modern-day data mining algorithms often involve not only large amounts of data, but also collaboration between several parties in constructing data mining […]
Secondary use of health and social services data taking off
Guest post by Jaakko Lähteenmäki from VTT Secondary use of health and social services data is attracting interest worldwide. MIDAS project addresses the use of data for supporting policy makers […]
The new legal framework that will regulate the use of big databases for biomedical research in Spain
Guest post by Roberto Bilbao from BIOEF The BIGDATIUS group (www.bigdatius.com) organized at Bilbao a workshop about the opportunities and legal implication of health big data. BIOEF is member of BIGDATIUS group. […]
NI Multiple Deprivation Measure and the NI MIDAS use case
Guest blog post by Susan Campbell from Business Services Organisation Measures of spatial distribution of deprivation have been developed and used in Northern Ireland since the 1970s, and have played […]
Using social media to understand health behaviour
Guest post by Ava Hodson and Dale Weston from Public Health England Twitter has amassed more than 190 million registered users since its inception in 2006; as of September 2018, […]
Data Virtualization in Healthcare
Guest post by Scott Fischaber from Analytics Engines Virtualization is one of the key technology drivers of this decade. It is ubiquitous in cloud computing and well known in terms […]
Health News Media Bias, Public Health and Digital Epidemiology
Guest post by Joao Pita Costa from Quintelligence The impact of health-related news in today’s society is increasing as is its awareness to the globalisation of the worlds’ habits and threats, […]
Data Integration Methodology
Guest post by Mónica Arrúe and Gorka Epelde from Vicomtech In the context of the MIDAS project several datasets from different data sources will be processed. Each of these datasets will […]
Understanding & Increasing Midas Impact: The Role Of Q Methodology
Guest post by Dr Justin Connolly from Dublin City University Regardless of its benefits, an innovative technology platform such as MIDAS will only be effective if adopted. It is understandable […]