As an increasing number of industries digitize, the economy around data analysis – particularly predictive modeling – has exploded. The problem is, we don’t have any real way to understand, analyze, or predict the accuracy of t... Read more

When Karen discovered she had a life threatening heart condition, the last thing she expected was to have to worry about software. Now, with a heart device implanted in her body, she has come to understand not only how vulnerab... Read more

Health information technology can save lives, cut costs, and expand access to care. But its full promise will only be realized if policymakers broker a “grand bargain” between providers, patients, and administrative agencies. I... Read more

Part talk, part science experiment, and part conversation, in this Databite, Daniel Grushkin explores how contemporary biotechnology melds data and biology, and creates a living medium, whose function in our society is only now... Read more

In this era of increasing ubiquity of sensing and computing devices, we still struggle mightily engaging people with systems designed to evaluate and improve health. Several fundamental challenges face developers, clinicians, r... Read more

How might we use game theory, data, and technology to advance social justice? Callisto is an online sexual assault reporting system that allows college students to (1) find clear information about about their reporting options,... Read more

Dr. William B. Jordan (@npalive) presents My Doctor Would Never Do That: Large databases of physician behavior have been made available by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other sources to reveal pr... Read more

The search for protective factors in health turns the disease research paradigm – and potentially our notions about it – upside down. A collaborative, scientific and social endeavor like this also pushes on many hot topics: clo... Read more

The growth of the Identity State is premised on the administrative fantasy that citizens can be grasped, fixed, and rendered stable in the state’s imagination. Biometric technologies are seen as core to this act of fixation, de... Read more

Although we cannot disclaim the utility of genetic data, it is important to consider whether we are being socially and governmentally coerced to relinquish our genetic data. If so, what does this mean for privacy and discrimina... Read more