Health Informatician. Data Scientist. Interests in geospatial analysis and natural language processing.

Wellington NZ
Joined August 2011
Check out our new dashboard to display the case rates of Covid across New Zealand. datacraft.nz/covid/ We think this dashboard would look great on a big screen in your Covid EOC or to support decision making in your local area. Please use it or share it.
Fantastic to see our health reporting platform Thalamus given some recognition by @odtnews alongside the hard work of the health providers in primary care at @WellSouth1 odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tech-…. Some positive news @chrishipkins @jacindaardern @minhealthnz
We are looking for a BI Data Engineer. Join a fun and motivated team in Wellington NZ. seek.co.nz/job/53762286?type….
We are recruiting for a .NET Developer (Data Driven) seek.co.nz/Job/39310685?cid=… via @seekjobsnz
if you have crazy ideas you either need to get help or start telling people about it to make it happen - Michael Sturtz
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inspiring Michael Sturtz talk with IoD
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Yep, 6.1M doctor consultation records classified for Herpes Zoster in our research. Thanks to #NLProc. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
Friday morning #brainteaser. What does this #shingles graph show? Do you know? Hints in bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
Follow-up visits for #shingles are rare but more likely to increase with age. More detailed analysis made possible by #naturallanguageprocessing. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
Detailed #shingles presentation rates to #generalpractice by year and age group .. the power of using natural language processing across millions of records. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
More women than men present to GP for #shingles. Although the overall rate is increasing, there is no difference in the increase rate between men and women. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
No surprises here ... after 50 the rate you present to the #gp for #shingles increases dramatically, peaking between 80-84. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
Quantifying the incidence and burden of herpes zoster in New Zealand general practice: a retrospective cohort study using a natural language processing software inference algorithm. dlvr.it/QW1l0x
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Our latest research on herpes zoster - employing natural language processing of GP notes bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/5/…
Entries for the 2018 Awards are open, visit nzsea.org to enter. Get in quick, entries close 27 July.
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Thanks @NZDentalAssoc , looks good from abstract. Shame its behind a paywall. xitter.cf/NZDentalAssoc/status/1…
#WaterOnlySchools ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… no reduction overall ; jahonline.org/article/S1054-… evidence for reduced consumption at shool only (not total)