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SUMMARY:Options and Opportunities for Health Data Science - Professor Andr
 ew Morris\, Farr Institute\, Scotland
DTSTART:20181005T120000Z
DTEND:20181005T130000Z
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CONTACT:Rosa Attwood
DESCRIPTION:Healthcare is arguably the last major industry to be transform
 ed by the information age.  Deployments of information technology have onl
 y scratched the surface of possibilities for the potential influence of in
 formation and computer science on the quality and cost-effectiveness of he
 althcare. In this talk\, the vision\, objectives and scientific strategy o
 f HDR UK will be discussed\; specifically\, the opportunities provided by 
 computer science and "big data" to transform health care delivery models. 
  Examples will be given from nationwide research and development programme
 s that integrate electronic patient records with biologic and health syste
 m data. Two themes will be explored\; specifically:\n\nHow the size of the
  UK (65M residents)\, allied to a relatively stable population and unified
  health care structures facilitate the application of health informatics t
 o support nationwide quality-assured provision of care.\n\nHow population-
 based datasets and disease registries can be integrated with biologic info
 rmation to facilitate (i) epidemiology\; (ii) drug safety studies\; (iii) 
 enhanced efficiency of clinical trials through automated follow-up of clin
 ical events and treatment response\; and\, (iv) the conduct of large-scale
  genetic\, pharmacogenetics\, and family-based studies essential for preci
 sion medicine.\n\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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