Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease research by using big data

AbstractAs the information technology develops, large amount of data has been stored. The digitalization of the health ‐care system enables researchers to use big data easily. Big data has been utilized for valuable source for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research. Various sources of data are now available including nationwide claim data and primary care database. Recently web data is also used in COPD research. Each different data source has strengths and weaknesses. Merging different data can overcome the limitation of big data research. Future direction of big data research is to integrate multiple big data.
Source: The Clinical Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research