Making Personalized Medicine a Reality

BIG Health Overview

In this Overview presentation, Dr. Ken Buetow, the BIG Health Catalyst, presents the vision and goals of the BIG Health Consortium™. If you are new to BIG Health, it is strongly recommended that you view this presentation to help you identify the ways in which your organization can engage in BIG Health activities.


What is Big Health?

The BIG Health Consortium™ is a public-private partnership comprised of all the key stakeholders in health care with the mission to demonstrate—in real settings, in real time—the essential unity of research and care and to model a new approach in which clinical care, clinical research, and scientific discovery are linked to achieve personalized medicine and improved clinical outcomes.

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Ken Buetow Blogs on: BIG Health Consortium

Irreconcilable Differences? The Case for a Balanced Approach to Health Information Privacy Regulation
Apr 13, 2009
I marked my 10th college reunion with a miscarriage.  It was my first pregnancy, and although I was well past 30, I was not remotely prepared for the physical loss, let alone the emotional one.  I flew home ...
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Creating the regulatory framework we need
Feb 09, 2009
"In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms… [suggesting] that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures… I reject these theories" President Barack Obama, Washington Po...
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