We've written a lot about "big data" and the field of data science here on Scope. But for those readers who are still fuzzy on what exactly big data is, or how it's being used to improve human health, Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the medical school, and researchers with Stanford's Biomedical Data Science Initiative (BDSI) are here to help. In the video above they offer their own definitions of big data, discuss how Stanford is leading the way in advancing the field, and share examples of how this so-called "digitization of life" will come to benefit all patients.
Previously: At Big Data in Biomedicine, Stanford’s Lloyd Minor focuses on precision health, Experts at Big Data in Biomedicine: Bigger, better datasets and technology will benefit patients, Examining the potential of big data to transform health care, Rising to the challenge of harnessing big data to benefit patients and A call to use the "tsunami of biomedical data" to preserve life and enhance health
