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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The Ministry of Health New Zealand uses big data analytics to accurately determine current and predict future diabetic population to improve diabetes policy planning.
In collaboration with experts from the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD), the ministry created a Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) that pulls and filters health data from six major databases.
The six data sources were: hospital admissions coded for diabetes, outpatient attendees for diabetes and diabetes retinal screening, prescriptions of specific antidiabetic therapies, laboratory orders for measuring diabetes management and primary health (general practitioner) enrollments.
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/dec/13/new-zealand-health-improves-diabetes-policy-big-da/
In collaboration with experts from the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD), the ministry created a Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) that pulls and filters health data from six major databases.
The six data sources were: hospital admissions coded for diabetes, outpatient attendees for diabetes and diabetes retinal screening, prescriptions of specific antidiabetic therapies, laboratory orders for measuring diabetes management and primary health (general practitioner) enrollments.
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/dec/13/new-zealand-health-improves-diabetes-policy-big-da/