POSTnote by Peter Border. It was first published on Tuesday, 22 July 2014. It was last updated on Tuesday, 22 July 2014.
Big Data and Public Health
Patient health records and other large scale medical and administrative datasets are increasingly being considered as a valuable tool for the study and improvement of health. This POSTnote examines the sources of data, their current and potential uses for health improvement, and the legal and practical issues raised by data use for public health or research purposes.
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- Type
- Research briefing
- Reference
- POST-PN-474
- Subjects
- Data protection Databases Health education NHS Medical records Public health
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- POST
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- View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk
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- 2018-04-13 10:22:55 +0100
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