Ideas worth spreading

How we could use big data to forecast the next global outbreak

Monika Blaumueller |

TED@IBM

• September 2014

An algorithm diagnosed the 2014 Ebola outbreak nine days before the World Health Organization. This is just one example of potentially game-changing big data applications in healthcare. Monika Blaumueller explores how earlier detection could have a significant impact on containing the next healtcare crisis.

An algorithm diagnosed the 2014 Ebola outbreak nine days before the World Health Organization. This is just one example of potentially game-changing big data applications in healthcare. Monika Blaumueller explores how earlier detection could have a significant impact on containing the next healtcare crisis.

About the speaker

Monika Blaumueller

Monika Blaumueller

Healthcare strategist

Monika Blaumueller is a consultant at IBM, focusing on integrated solutions to transform healthcare delivery. Her Distributed Curriculum Model for restructuring healthcare education was endorsed by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services and was sent by the State Department to 57 international posts. She was also named an honorary member of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Supercourse Faculty for her contributions to the continuing education of healthcare practitioners in Africa and Asia.

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