# \#personalized-med

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## [Observations on Big Data, Precision Health, and Machine Learning](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/observations-on-big-data-precision-health-and-machine-learning/6061)

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**Author:** [@f2harrell](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/f2harrell)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/observations-on-big-data-precision-health-and-machine-learning/6061 "2022-11-16T15:55:37Z")

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I have for some time been pessimistic about the yield to patients and to public health of the incredible amount of funding that has been put into high-dimensional data, electronic health record research, precision medici…

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## [Treatment effect heterogeneity: or is it?](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/treatment-effect-heterogeneity-or-is-it/1510)

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**Author:** [@byrdjb](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/byrdjb)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/treatment-effect-heterogeneity-or-is-it/1510 "2019-03-28T13:19:47Z")

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I frequently see the claim that humans respond differently to the same medication, and I believe this is true. Can we discuss how one would prove this & quantify it? You enroll 500 participants with BP \> 150/90 mm Hg, …