This document discusses the potential for sensors and big data in health and well-being. It highlights Google Flu Trends, which was found to be wrong in its predictions 100 times out of 108 weeks. It also discusses the challenges of big data in health, including issues with data variety, veracity (accuracy of sensors, manual entries, and missing data), and privacy concerns. The document promotes tracking health metrics like exercise, weight, and calorie intake but notes the ecosystem is still facing challenges to realize its full potential.
3. Google Flu Predictions
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http://www.google.org/flutrends/intl/en_us/about/how.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27683581
Google Flu Prediction
wrong 100 times in a 108
week study!
4. Big Data
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http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/data-veracity
5. Data Science: Extracting Value
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Volume Velocity Variety Veracity
Value
VisualizationAnalytics
Big Data Technology
6. Warning!
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7. Healthy Living
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http://weightlosswithexercise.com/images/WeightLoss-45119_11.jpg
http://m.cdc.gov/en/HealthSafetyTopics/Healthy
Living/HealthyWeight/BalancingCalories
13. Challenges: Data Veracity
Messy Data
Best guess at sleep activity
Accuracy of sensors
Manual entry
Missing Data
Forgot to put my fitbit on
Didn’t enter my lunch
Skipped weighing myself
Dead battery
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Animation of predicted flu occurrences by State
Predication based on 45 Google search terms
Google results published in Nature in 2008
Study by Northeastern and Havard Universities (published in Science)
Prediction too high, sometimes double
Previous week’s occurrences more accurate
Google tweak their algorithms – increases uncertainty
Accuracy far greater before autocomplete introduced in 2009
Deriving value from the data
We are what we eat…and do
Eating
Exercise
Weight
What about other exercise?
Weights, pilates, circuits …
Incentive: Gameification/competition
All different!
Manual entry: Fine for foods
Provenance of data, what sensor generated the data?
Who can see my data?
How is my data used?
As much about educating the public
Public relations
Digital Health in a Connected Hospital
https://www.innovateuk.org/competition-display-page/-/asset_publisher/RqEt2AKmEBhi/content/digital-health-in-a-connected-hospital?p_p_auth=rNL7u7Xw