Chapter 13Health Infonomics: Data Gets Its Due

DOI: 10.4324/9781003286103-13

There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days.

Eric Schmidt

Executive Chairman at Google

It’s a catchphrase heard in health circles today: “Data is healthcare’s new currency.” When I hear this, I like to ask, “If data is healthcare’s new currency, are you managing your data the same way you manage your financial assets?” This usually produces an awkward moment followed by the start of one of the most important conversations health and clinical leaders should be having if they want to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and the Intelligent Health Revolution to ...

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