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> From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
> Subject: IMPORTANT - E-health – when, not if - WHO/Europe | Media centre -
> Date: March 12, 2016 at 3:24:49 AM GMT
> To: "<michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>" <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>
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> Mike,
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> FYI . . .
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> Health analytics and Big Data hold significant potential for health, but this potential is not being explored fast enough, and few policies are available to support progress in this area. Currently, only 6 countries have a national policy or strategy regulating the use of Big Data in the health sector, and few regulate the use of Big Data by private companies. When public health authorities do not step in, commercial organizations will be quick to exploit the potential of the health sector.
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> WHO - Europe - E-health – when, not if
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>> http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/press-releases/2016/03/e-health-when,-not-if <http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/press-releases/2016/03/e-health-when,-not-if>
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> Kathy