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Big Metadata

Big Metadata

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Big Metadata

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We’re in an era of big data - and hospitals and GPs are generating an inordinate amount of it that has potential to improve everyone’s health. But only if it’s used properly. New research published on www.bmj.com this week describes another set of information, about that data, that the authors believe could be just as important as the data itself.

Griffin weber, and Isaac Kohane, from the Department of Biomedical informatics at Harvard medical school join us to discuss.

Read the full research:
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1479
Released:
May 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.