title: Promises and Pitfalls in the Use of "Big Data" for Clinical Research.
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Oral Health, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA derouen@uw.edu.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: DeRouen
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D035843:Biomedical Research; D056808:Biostatistics; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D057225:Data Mining; D016208:Databases, Factual; D017048:Health Care Costs; D063025:Health Information Management; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D020407:Internet; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D018401:Sample Size; D014481:United States
keywords: biostatistics; clinical outcomes; clinical studies/trials; comparative effectiveness research; data mining; epidemiology