CDC Symposium to Focus on Massive, Complex Data in Public Health

摘要

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 13th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods will be held at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta metropolitan area), May 24-25. The theme of this year's conference is "Statistical Applications Using Massive and Emerging Data in Public Health." As health information technology continues to advance, larger and more complex data sets will be available to researchers for both primary and secondary data analysis. These data sets could be based on standardized administrative records collected through federal entitlement programs, private health insurance or health provider companies, large or combined clinical trials, or state-based health record systems. With the emergence of such large and complex data sets come new statistical, logistical, and legal problems.