Is Medicine a Big Data Problem?
By Ted Driscoll |
Human beings are big data. We aren't just 175 pounds of meat and bone. We aren't just piles of hydrogen and carbon and oxygen. What makes us all different is how it's all organized and that is information.
We can no longer treat people based on simple numbers like weight, pulse, blood pressure, and temperature. What makes us different is much more complicated than that.
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