Comments on: TED Talk: Geomedicine http://fuzzytolerance.info/brains/ted-talk-geomedicine/ very funny Scotty. now beam down my pants. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fuzzy http://fuzzytolerance.info/brains/ted-talk-geomedicine/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Fuzzy Mon, 03 May 2010 21:32:09 +0000 http://fuzzytolerance.info/?p=999#comment-629 There are some problems. For many diseases we don't know enough to get by the correlation vs causation problem, and even though as a geographer-type I hate to admit it, not everything has a meaningful spatial aspect. Ever since John Snow and the cholera stuff we've been overreaching in that regard. I'm a little less leery about data access - regional epidemiology has been around long enough to work those kinds of issues out. Though I could be wrong there - every time I start reading HIPAA regs I become instantly catatonic. There are some problems. For many diseases we don’t know enough to get by the correlation vs causation problem, and even though as a geographer-type I hate to admit it, not everything has a meaningful spatial aspect. Ever since John Snow and the cholera stuff we’ve been overreaching in that regard.

I’m a little less leery about data access – regional epidemiology has been around long enough to work those kinds of issues out. Though I could be wrong there – every time I start reading HIPAA regs I become instantly catatonic.

]]> By: Drew Hanson http://fuzzytolerance.info/brains/ted-talk-geomedicine/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Drew Hanson Mon, 03 May 2010 20:19:28 +0000 http://fuzzytolerance.info/?p=999#comment-628 I recently blogged about Davenhall's TED Talk (http://www.mditv.com/blog/?p=841). I'm intrigued by geo-medicine, but I'm not entirely sold on its usefulness. There needs to be a lot of questions answered, like who has access to the data outside of the patient-physician relationship. What are your thoughts? I recently blogged about Davenhall’s TED Talk (http://www.mditv.com/blog/?p=841). I’m intrigued by geo-medicine, but I’m not entirely sold on its usefulness. There needs to be a lot of questions answered, like who has access to the data outside of the patient-physician relationship. What are your thoughts?

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