Use of Big Data and Ethical Issues for Populations with Substance Use Disorder

We describe a state-level effort to address aspects of the opioid epidemic through public health research, which has resulted in an expansive data resource combining dozens of administrative data sources in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Public Health Data Warehouse is a public health innovation that serves as an example of how to address the complexities of balancing data privacy and access to data for public health and health services research.
Source: Value in Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research