Open AccessCommentary: In the Rising Era of Big Data, Small Steps are Key
Author(s) -
Nina Rovinelli Heller,
Jonathan Seltzer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.27.2.73
Subject(s) - big data , harm , key (lock) , data science , medicine , psychology , computer science , computer security , data mining , social psychology
Big Data may be useful to identify and perhaps ameliorate health disparities. However, over reliance on the power on Big Data can potentially cause harm. When assessing health disparities, the use of Big Data should be limited to hypothesis generation.
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