BC has an important place in the Big Data Age, opines Miro Cernetig for The Vancouver Sun. The province has been digitizing health records for more than a generation, creating a massive trove of data capable of revealing things it would take human researchers years to discover, Cernetig writes. Despite privacy concerns that Big Data “can easily morph into Big Brother if privacy safeguards are not in place,” Cernetig says privacy is protected with existing technologies and laws. “We are at a moment when we must make a bold move. Find ways to open up BC’s healthcare records to research, unleash its benefits and make BC an epicenter of the Big Data revolution,” Cernetig writes.
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