Big Data para a investigação em saúde e a ciência aberta: um contributo para a gestão do conhecimento

Abstract

This work aims to contribute to the discussion, in times of daily huge volumes of data for use on the web, of global public health issues. Furthermore, the potential of open science to the scientific research and the context of its complexity to the knowledge management. The volume of available data exceeds 2.5 x 1018 new bytes / day on the web. This data is presented in several forms, such as videos, photos, articles, reports etc. Thus, it is necessary to assess it’s veracity and value for a correct decision-making. Whereas about 43% of the data relating to health and about one million scientific articles published per year are of health area, to think new models is not trivial to solve problems with focus in local health but thinking globally. In this scenario, collaborative intelligence, web 2.0 and the Open Science movement have proven essential tools for troubleshooting the ills of humanity with much more agile than the old closed science - isolated groups without sharing any data or, when data share occurs, the prices are unaffordable to the developing world or underdeveloped. Therefore, without exhausting the subject, the paper expects to contribute to the importance of the perceived value of information for global public health using tools and free access to information for the construction of an open and accessible science to all mankind.