I watched this Ted Talk last month and it is an insane usage of statistics. It has nothing to do with IT or Healthcare (well a little bit about healthcare), but absolutely worth watching to appreciate the value of applied information.
With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)