Big data hurdles in precision medicine and precision public health

Abstract Background Nowadays, trendy research in biomedical sciences juxtaposes the term ‘precision’ to medicine and public health with companion words like big data, data science, and deep learning. Technological advancements permit the collection and merging of large heterogeneous datasets from di...

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Main Authors: Mattia Prosperi, Jae S. Min, Jiang Bian, François Modave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-018-0719-2