Digital Data Sources and Their Impact on People's Health: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.

ABSTRACT: Background: Digital data sources have become ubiquitous in modern culture in the era of digital technology but often tend to be under-researched because of restricted access to data sources due to fragmentation, privacy issues, or industry ownership, and the methodological complexity of demonstrating their measurable impact on human health. Even though new big data sources have shown unprecedented potential for disease diagnosis and outbreak detection, we need to investigate results in the existing literature to gain a comprehensive understanding of their impact on and benefits to human health. Objective: A systematic review of systematic reviews on identifying digital data sources and their impact area on people's health, including challenges, opportunities, and good practic

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8131671 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature