Simulated, anonymized data could be key to healthcare innovations

IHE is a partner in a synthetic health data project sponsored by Health Cities in partnership with the University of Alberta School of Public Health, Merck Canada and Replica Analytics. The project advisory group includes Alberta Innovates and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, The project was recently profiled in the University of Alberta Folio Magazine.

Link:  https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/09/even-better-than-the-real-thing-simulated-anonymized-data-could-be-key-to-health-care-innovations.html

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John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute of Health Economics,

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