public health organisations and open data
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Open Data, What and Why…
National PHO CIO and IT Manager Group 19 October 2015
- Paul Stone- New Zealand Open Government Data Programme
What is open data and information?◦ Brief description of open government data policies and
the programme
“Shared Data” vs “Open Data”
Some innovative re-use of open government data
Your questions
Agenda
“Open data is data that anyone can access, use and share.”(Open Data Institute https://theodi.org/guides/what-open-data)
For NZ Government… licensed for legal re-use (NZGOAL) Non-proprietary and machine-readable
format
What is “open data”?
Foundations for Open Government Data and Information
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Decla
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n The Principles
Data.govt.nz
Open Government
NZ Government Open Access and Licensing (NZGOAL) Framework
Guidance to publicly funded agencies on how to apply Creative Commons licences or no-known rights statements to information, data and content, published digitally or in hardcopy.Copyright = ownershipLicence = permissions to re-use (assigned by the copyright owner)Training videos at https://goo.gl/aFBU9W
NZ Data and Information Management Principles
• Open• Protected• Readily available• Trusted and authoritative• Well managed• Reasonably priced (“…expected to be
free”)• Reusable
NZ Data and Information Management Principles
• Reusable o at source, with the highest possible level of
granularity
o in re-usable, machine-readable format
o with appropriate metadata; and
o in aggregate or modified forms if they cannot be released in their original state.
NZ Declaration on Open and Transparent Government, 2011
Government direction to government agencies to proactively release all:
• publicly funded data• non-personal and unclassified• high potential value for re-use• managed according to the Principles• licensed for re-use (NZGOAL)• published on Data.govt.nz
Our job to encourage all that to happen!
To encourage and support the release of data and information
To understand the user communities (and raise awareness)
To assess the impact of re-use
The Programme
It is expected that open data will lead to:
Increased social and economic benefits (through new products and services)
Increased efficiencies Increased transparency and democracy
So, why?
First, let’s look at the difference between “open data” and “shared data”…
Video:https://vimeo.com/125783029
So, can Health Data be Open?
Raw transactional data should only be shared under “trust and control” – ie. shared
Transactional data that has been anonymised and/or aggregated can be made open
Statistics NZ are experts and can provide training
Open vs Shared Data
Shared data may lead to saving an individual’s life
Open data may lead to policy that saves many lives
Open vs Shared Data
LifeHackLabs
LifeHack Labs – deprivation/self-harm correlation
Significantly higher admissions to hospital as a result of self-harm in relatively well off areas – unexpected…
Mogeo - Campermate
ATM Finder
What about being able to find public health facilities…?
Here Maps
“allowing the public to search and navigate to any of your facilities with ease.”
Main provider of maps for:• car navigation
systems• Facebook• Microsoft• Samsung• Amazon• Yahoo• Garmin
Mogeo – Product Recalls
ThunderMaps
The delivery mechanism already exists
All that is needed is the open data…
What about Health Alerts???
Open by design = closed by design(Different mindsets but really just 2 sides of the same coin)
Open by Design
ContactProgramme:[email protected]
http://www.ict.govt.nz/programmes-and-initiatives/open-and-transparent-government
Short Case Studies:http://www.ict.govt.nz/guidance-and-resources/case-studies/open-data
Me:[email protected]@enotsluap
