TECHNOLOGY
EUROPE faces rising health challenges due to demographic changes , an increase in communicable diseases , an inefficient R & D process in the biomedical research domain and an increase in disease complexity , at least according to the Medical Sciences Committee of Science Europe .
Tackling health challenges demands an approach that requires an integration of multi-layered health information and an elaborate ecosystem . What is that approach ? Big data .
In its latest report , Science Europe consolidated the outcomes of a two-day workshop co-hosted with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics . Ongoing initiatives aimed at crafting a health Big Data ecosystem were showcased to help participants actively engage in discussions on how to develop such a health Big Data ecosystem in Europe .
Participants recognized that tackling Europe ’ s big health challenges needs a more systemic approach . Such an approach requires combining multiple health-related dimensions represented by big data from the molecular level to the integration of information related to
16 May 2015