How Does the Big Data Concept Impact Ophthalmology?

How Does the Big Data Concept Impact Ophthalmology? (0:30)

Today's data crunching systems breathe new life into old data. In this video, HealthMaker David Parke, II, MD, CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology explains how new ideas and conclusions can be formed using old information.

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Now that we have electronic medical records, we have the capability of what we call clinical data registries, to literally reach down into those gigabytes of data, extract them putting together analyse them, and come out with conclusions and discoveries from existing data using nothing more than the ability to crunch that data.

To come out with something that we never had before.