Big data
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Healthier lives, stronger economy: Victoria's health and medical research strategy 2016-2020
Victoria’s Health and Medical Research Strategy 2016–2020 (the strategy) is designed to embed health and medical research into the Victorian health system and accelerate the translation of research into clinical practice. The vision of this strategy is to position Victoria as a global leader in health and medical research, improve the health outcomes of Victorians...
Report
Research in the crowdsourcing age: a case study
Digital age platforms are providing researchers the ability to outsource portions of their work – not just to increasingly intelligent machines, but also to a relatively low-cost online labor force comprised of humans. These so-called “online outsourcing” services help employers connect with a global pool of free-agent workers who are willing to complete a variety...
Policy report
Review of data security, consent and opt-outs
Recommendations to strengthen security of health and care information and ensure people can make informed choices about how their data is used.
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Better data, better lives: how integrated data is shaping New Zealand
Integrated data provides valuable insights to improve social and economic outcomes for New Zealand. Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) combines information from a range of organisations to enable decision makers to address complex issues.
Report
Building digital trust: the role of data ethics in the digital age
The digital economy is built on data—massive streams of data being created, collected, combined and shared—for which traditional governance frameworks and risk-mitigation strategies are insufficient. In the digital age, analyzing and acting on insights from data can introduce entirely new classes of risk. These include unethical or even illegal use of insights, amplifying biases that...