Health Data Palooza (#hdpalooza) — Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of June 2, 2014)

"Health Datapalooza is a national conference focused on liberating health data, and bringing together the companies, startups, academics, government agencies, and individuals with the newest and most innovative and effective uses of health data to improve patient outcomes. … The hallmark of the event is a national competition that searches for the best and most …

The need for a smart approach to big health care data

From the Health Affairs Blog:Today, academic medicine and health policy research resemble the automobile industry of the early 20th century — a large number of small shops developing unique products at high cost with no one achieving significant economies of scale or scope. Academics, medical centers, and innovators often work independently or in small groups, …

ICPSR 2nd Annual Data Seal of Approval Conference

Second Annual Data Seal of Approval Conference October 8, 2013, in Ann Arbor, MI In cooperation with the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Biennial Meeting of Official Representatives conference “Beyond Access: Curating Data for Discovery, Re-Use, and Impact,” October 9-11 Please join us for this year’s Data Seal of Approval conference, which is open to …

Pharma & Data Transparency

I absolutely adore those instances when my job and my degree dovetail, so reading about the pharmaceutical industry's latest proposal for more transparent data was quite interesting. The interplay between data transparency to validate the effectiveness of clinical trials and protecting the privacy of the patients involved in those trials is certainly proving to be …

MEPS data users’ workshop September 23-24, 2013

AHRQ will conduct a free two-day hands-on MEPS Data Users’ Workshop in Rockville, MD, on September 23-24, 2013. Day 1 of this workshop will consist of lectures designed to provide a general overview of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) including information about survey design, file content, and the construction of analytic files. Particular emphasis will …

Structured Data comes to Wikipedia

There's been a lot of excitement recently about unlocking data's potential. It seems I can't turn around without seeing another article about Big Data (the buzzword of 2012/2013?). We've written about some of the data-related changes in the pipeline, for librarians particularly. So when I received the latest press release from Wikipedia (via Wikimedia Announcements) …

The Legal and Policy Landscape for Research Data

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) presents a webinar on April 25th entitled, "The Legal and Policy Landscape for Research Data." Description: Intellectual property and associated policy issues surrounding data sharing, use and reuse can be tricky to understand and apply in academic research settings. In this Webinar, MacKenzie Smith will discuss …

Curating & Managing Research Data

Effectively managing research data is no small feat, yet it is becoming an ever more important component in the research process. Last summer we wrote about the topics to watch in librarianship as reflected in the 2012 Medical Libraries Association conference, and data management was one of the star features. Fortunately for us at the …

NIH to recruit Associate Director for Data Science

Reposted from the NIH News: For Immediate Release Thursday, January 10, 2013 Contact: NIH Office of Communications 301-496-5787 NIH to recruit Associate Director for Data Science National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today announced plans to recruit a new senior scientific position, the Associate Director for Data Science. The associate director …

ICPSR Life of a Dataset Webinars

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) announced their webinar series, "Life of Dataset," for January 2013.  Read the full announcement below: Join ICPSR  for a webinar series titled, “Life of a Dataset.”  This 3-part series will describe ICPSR’s data management approach starting with the identification and deposit of data, to processing and cleaning, …