The proportion of adults who smoke in the UK has fallen from 21% in 2010 to 18.3% in 2014, according to the Integrated Household Survey. The Integrated Household Survey’s smoking prevalence data is a key measure for monitoring tobacco use…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: public health
Four facts about smoking in the UK 2014
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Visualising data Tagged with: data visualisation, ONS, open data, public health, smoking, Visual.ONS
China announcement on big data promotion to transform social governance
China’s Cabinet, the State Council publishes guidelines to promote the opening and sharing of government data to improve governance, boost innovation and promote economic restructuring, with the aim of forging a new model of social governance. A mechanism will be…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Environment, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Agriculture, big data, China, credit, Culture, education, employment, Finance, GODAN, open data, public health, science, Transport, weather
A Six Month Update on How We’ve Been Using Data, and How it Benefits All Americans
My team is helping federal departments and agencies as they work to ensure: (1) they are using data to benefit all Americans; and (2) they using the data available responsibly. Ensuring Data Science Benefits All Americans Good data science and…
Posted in Posts from feeds Tagged with: Climate Change, crime, crowdmapping, data, Data Science, data visualisation, disaster response, grassroots, health, Medium.com, Nepal, personalisation, Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), public health, The White House
Saludos – health and open data in Uruguay and Argentina
In order to provide health services to citizens the public health sector is required to collect rich and varied data pertaining to all aspects of the sector – everything from location of pharmacies, to what is in our prescriptions drugs,…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health Tagged with: Argentina, ATuServicio, consultation, Data Journalism, health, journalism, Katelyn Rogers, Mor Rubinstein, NHS, OKFN, open data, Open Data Handbook, PAMI, public health, Saludos, Temporada de pases, Uruguay
Here’s How Many People Die Each Day in China Because of Its Filthy Air
Air pollution is killing about 1.6 million people every year in China, or nearly 4,400 people every day, accounting for seventeen percent of all the country’s deaths, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley found…
Posted in Posts from feeds Tagged with: air, Air Quality, China, data, environment, health, PLOS ONE, pollution, public health, research, University of California, US Environmental Protection Agency, Vice News
Data Driven Press Releases From HSCIC Data – Diabetes Prescribing
By chance, I saw a tweet from the HSCIC yesterday announcing Prescribing for Diabetes, England – 2005/06 to 2014/15′ http://bit.ly/1J3h0g8 #hscicstats. The data comes via a couple of spreadsheets, broken down at the CCG level. As an experiment, I thought…
Posted in Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Smart communities, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), data driven, health, Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Isle of Wight, open data, Press Release, public health, Tony Hirst
Health matters
Today, me and a few other co-conspirators announced UKHealthCamp – an ‘unconference’ for everyone interested in digital, design, data and technology for health and care. I want to explain why we think this is important, and why it’s time the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Saving money, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Dan Sheldon, data, Delivery, digital, Event, health, innovation, NHS, open data, open technology, public health, service design, UKHealthCamp, Unconference
How can Open Data Empower Cities and Citizens?
Greater density in cities and their surroundings challenges our governments to provide effective services to their residents, businesses, and visitors, but it also allows for greater efficiency…. The post How can Open Data Empower Cities and Citizens? appeared first on…
Analytics with a Side of Discretion
In recent months we’ve seen many new technologies and partnerships aimed at helping local government workers conduct restaurant health inspections more effectively and efficiently. In Boston, participants in a civic innovation competition are using Yelp and city data to develop…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Transparency Tagged with: analytics, Datasmart, discretion, Food, Food Safety, health, inspections, local government, predictive analytics, public health, restaurants, Stephen Goldsmith
Can Food Inspection Data Standards Stop an Epidemic?
No one thought about data standards when the Jack in the Box E. coli epidemic erupted in 1993. Instead, there was panic as the stomach-clenching illness engulfed more than 700 victims across California, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. The strain…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety Tagged with: data, Data standards, Food, Food Safety, Govtech, Jason Shueh, public health, Socrata