The ability to query vast swaths of data is transforming government and industry, and now doctors are beginning to apply the same ideas to cancer treatment. Today, the American Society of Clinical Oncologists is announcing that it’s completed work on a prototype for a "learning health system" called CancerLinQ that collects and analyzes cancer care data from the millions of patient visits on file around the country.
"Information is locked away in unconnected servers and paper files."
Currently, doctors only have easy access to clinical trial data, which only represents about three percent of the 1.6 million patients diagnosed with cancer every year. In a press release, Society president Dr. Sandra M. Swain says that very little is...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4155530/doctors-create-big-data-tool-for-cancer-care
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