Big data and new knowledge in medicine: The thinking , training , and tools needed for a learning health system

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1163-1170

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; TRAINING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DATA MINING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THINKING;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATA MINING; DATASETS AS TOPIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; THINKING;

EID: 84905965765     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0053     Document Type: Article

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