Dementia Research and Care
Can Big Data Help?
OECD countries are developing strategies to improve the quality of life of those affected by dementia and to support long-term efforts for a disease-modifying therapy or cure. The OECD jointly hosted an international workshop in Toronto with the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto on 14-15 September 2014. The aim of the workshop was to advance international discussion of the opportunities and challenges, as well as successful strategies, for sharing and linking the massive amounts of population-based health and health care data that are routinely collected (broad data) with detailed clinical and biological data (deep data) to create an international resource for research, planning, policy development, and performance improvement. The workshop brought together leading researchers and academics, industry and non-government experts to provide new insights into the opportunities and challenges in making “broad and deep” data a reality – from funding to data standards, to data sharing, to new analytics, to protecting privacy, and to engaging with stakeholders and the public. Government leadership and public-private partnership will be needed to create and sustain big data resources, including financing for data infrastructure and incentives for data sharing.
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How we can work together on research and health big data: Strategies to ensure value and success
Creating a big data resource that brings different data sources together so that they can be shared internationally is challenging. This effort needs to be guided by principles that ensure the integrity, excellence and multi-disciplinarity of the science, while at the same time recognising the importance of privacy and data security. The chapter provides examples and lessons from several existing efforts. It suggests that putting the patient at the centre and developing partnerships are essential and recognises the value of learning from each other about governance and data standardisation policies. It concludes that we need to have open dialogue among existing big data initiatives, that we develop a shared commitment to privacy by design, and that we need to embark on specific efforts to test the feasibility and sustainability of international data sharing.
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