Big data may be the future of medicine, but it is also its past. In 1964, the inventor Vladimir Zworykin warned that medical data were accumulating at a pace exceeding physicians’ cognitive capacity. Not only was the amount of information available in hospital records and medical literature “far…
Digital Futures Past — The Long Arc of Big Data in Medicine
Big data may be the future of medicine, but it is also its past. In 1964, the inventor Vladimir Zworykin warned that medical data were accumulating at a pace exceeding physicians’ cognitive capacity. Not only was the amount of information available in hospital records and medical literature “far…