tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14772999.post2388928587045824613..comments2024-03-15T04:58:53.198-04:00Comments on ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog: Time to update the AOTA Position Paper on Nondiscrimination and InclusionChristopher J. Alteriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09489464791931315291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14772999.post-41800164907987498542015-01-04T09:51:06.093-05:002015-01-04T09:51:06.093-05:00In a recent blog post, Dr. Brent Braveman stated, ...In a recent blog post, Dr. Brent Braveman stated, "While privacy must be a high priority and abuses of information are concerning and there is nothing partisan about the application of big data to healthcare." http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/b/brentbraveman/archive/2014/12/28/more-about-big-data.aspx<br /><br />The purpose of his post was to list pros and cons of 'big data' but in that post he also stated, "It makes no sense for us to sit on the sidelines and miss opportunities for us to influence the application and analysis of data as it is turned into health information."<br /><br />In the United States context, larger and more invasive forms of government are indeed 'partisan.' Although liberal political inclinations tend to favor larger and more powerful government, it is also true that more conservative politics see that they need to be 'in the game' with use of big data in order to even have a chance at relevancy (power). So, the entire political system swings toward methods that limit the freedoms and privacy of individuals (from their consumer experiences, to their health care decisions, to their voting tendencies).<br /><br />EVERYTHING about the use of Big Data is political, and power driven, and subsequently partisan - as it pushes our entire system into a structure that favors governmental/other control. A good primer in this topic can be seen here: Tufekci, Z. (2014 July). Engineering the public: Big data, surveillance and computational politics. First Monday, 19(7), http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4901/4097 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v19i7.4901 Christopher J. Alteriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489464791931315291noreply@blogger.com