Abstracts by keywords: health science
Of all the discussions about “Big Data”, we are only interested in a small excerpt here: the ideas that have been made explicit on this topic in German health research or that have implicitly influenced the discussion. It is important to examine this section in more detail because biomedical research worldwide is in the process of significantly expanding its range of instruments. Unfortunately, the term “big data” does little to help us understand this process – on the contrary. It is about the historically unprecedented opportunity to observe large numbers of people with regard to the natural development of their health and to study the application and impact of interventions available on a mass scale. This approach has potential that has not yet been realized. The question of what access Germany will find to this development arises precisely from this perspective.