China Announces Overview for Healthcare Big Data Project

China's State Council has established the broad goals for a Big Data project that will start to take shape in 2020. The program, using a mixture of public and private resources, will consist of a life-long record of an individual's health -- the diseases, physical mishaps, health risks and treatments -- which will be used to promote public health. Clearly, China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, the ministry in charge of the program, is already impressed with the internet, whose facility to make appointments and conduct long-distance consultations is making inroads in China and will be included in the program. In presenting the plan, the NHFPC did not mention the words "data storage capacity," "cost" or other details. More.... Share this with colleagues: // //