Becker's Healthcare May 16, 2019
Despite the vast amount of medical data available today, researchers must recognize that EHR data can present various limitations and isn’t always helpful in improving patient care, Google Research Scientist Kathryn Rough said during a presentation at DATAx San Francisco May 14-15, Innovation Enterprise reports.
Five exabytes of data “would contain all the words ever spoken by everyone on Earth,” Ms. Rough said. In 2011, health data in the U.S. alone reached 150 exabytes, she added.
“[EHR data] is messy and complex — and it was not intended for research purposes — and as much potential as there is there, we have to be careful in how we use it,” Ms. Rough said.
Some of the challenges medical data presents,...