Jedidiah J. Grisel, MD, is an otolaryngologist with Texoma ENT and Allergy in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is a board member of the Auditory Implant Initiative.
The term “big data” refers to large datasets that are too complex for traditional data-processing software and instead require sophisticated machine-learning analytics. The use of big data in health care is receiving increased attention by consumers, researchers, and funding agencies as analyses of these data promote evidence-based decisions by physicians and providers (Ristevski and Chen, 2018).
