Why democratise bioinformatics?

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 166-171

  Captur, Gabriella ^a,b   Stables, Rodney H ^c   Kehoe, Dennis ^d   Deanfield, John ^e,f   Moon, James C ^b,f,g  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Aimes Grid Service Providers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85020390615     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2016-000129     Document Type: Letter

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