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Rethinking barriers to big data
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Canadian Medical Association Journal: When it comes to investigating what ails us, thinking outside the box means looking beyond our national borders. Big data — the kind of diverse, population-wide information that can shed new light on the underlying nature of health and illness — simply will not be big enough if we limit ourselves to Canadian sources. Read more.