Comments on: Google Health Service http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/ A blog about the world of PR and New Media Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Swine Flu Pandemic & Web Viral Panic « PR and the Social Web http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-11676 Swine Flu Pandemic & Web Viral Panic « PR and the Social Web Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:52:38 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-11676 [...] source of information may come from Google.  ‘Google Flu trends’ which I wrote about in PR Media Blog  last Novemberuses search terms to predict how many people in a particular area are searching for relevant [...] […] source of information may come from Google.  ‘Google Flu trends’ which I wrote about in PR Media Blog  last Novemberuses search terms to predict how many people in a particular area are searching for relevant […]

]]> By: Rob Brown http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-3826 Rob Brown Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:51:57 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-3826 Mark clearly an example where QResearch (disclosure: EMIS is a client) has brought a higher level of sophistication to the tracking and analysis of public health data and are delivering this information in a far more effective way than some of their counterparts in the US Mark clearly an example where QResearch (disclosure: EMIS is a client) has brought a higher level of sophistication to the tracking and analysis of public health data and are delivering this information in a far more effective way than some of their counterparts in the US

]]> By: Mark Perry http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-3824 Mark Perry Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:30:29 +0000 http://pr-media-blog.co.uk/google-health-service/#comment-3824 This information is already available in the UK through a project with QResearch and the Health Protection Agency which is freely available. QResearch is a not-for-profit organisation which is a joint venture between EMIS, the leading primary care system supplier, and the University of Nottingham. Data is taken from more than 3,500 GP practices covering around 22 million patients and can be provided on a daily basis on a national, regional and local. Not only can it cover inflectious diseases but data can also be used to track the health impact of major incidents such as the Buncefield oil refinery fire on a daily and weekly basis. So while Google claims tracking can be one to two weeks faster with QResearch using EMIS practices daily analysis is possible. This information is already available in the UK through a project with QResearch and the Health Protection Agency which is freely available.

QResearch is a not-for-profit organisation which is a joint venture between EMIS, the leading primary care system supplier, and the University of Nottingham.

Data is taken from more than 3,500 GP practices covering around 22 million patients and can be provided on a daily basis on a national, regional and local. Not only can it cover inflectious diseases but data can also be used to track the health impact of major incidents such as the Buncefield oil refinery fire on a daily and weekly basis.

So while Google claims tracking can be one to two weeks faster with QResearch using EMIS practices daily analysis is possible.

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