A monthly bulletin curating free Canadian health datasets, dashboards and reports from agencies like PHAC, Statistics Canada and CIHI, alongside commentary on health data policy and methods. Readers get short explanations of drug reimbursement review transparency, reflections on using AI in health data work, and pointers to guidance and training resources.
Website: https://www.healthdatawatch.ca/
Explains health data and AI topics such as LangExtract, FHIR standards and AI security incidents, with a focus on practical implications for government and healthcare leaders. Issues combine technical background, risk discussion and links to research.
This newsletter publishes detailed write-ups of individual presentations from the HealthDataCon 2026 virtual conference, each built around a speaker's argument and practical framework. Issues cover AI governance, outcomes-based value analysis and data-driven palliative care access in health systems.
Blog updates from the OpenSAFELY Schools project, a collaboration between the National Institute of Teaching and the Bennett Institute, on deploying a secure research platform for school and teacher data. Readers get technical and policy accounts of adapting the OpenSAFELY platform from NHS GP data to education data, including the ehrQL and SQL Runner trade-offs.
A privacy-focused newsletter by a writer who advocates taking control of personal data and choosing tools that respect it. Issues cover practical privacy alternatives like switching search engines, critiques of data-sharing by companies such as Experian, and calls for building products that solve real problems.
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