Integrating "big data" into surgical practice

Surgery. 2016 Feb;159(2):371-4. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.08.043. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Abstract

'Big data' is the next frontier of medicine. We now have the ability to generate and analyze large quantities of healthcare data. Although interpreting and integrating this information into clinical practice poses many challenges, the potential benefits of personalized medicine are seemingly without limit.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual
  • Humans
  • Medical Informatics*
  • Precision Medicine*
  • Specialties, Surgical*
  • Translational Research, Biomedical*