The Academic Viewpoint on Patient Data Ownership in the Context of Big Data: Scoping Review.

Background: The ownership of patient information in the context of big data is a relatively new problem, which is not yet fully recognized by the medical academic community. The problem is interdisciplinary, incorporating legal, ethical, medical, and aspects of information and communication technologies, requiring a sophisticated analysis. However, no previous scoping review has mapped existing studies on the subject.

Researching health-related quality of life at a community level: results from a population survey conducted in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Researching health-related quality of life (HrQoL) at a community health promotion level is an approach to understand the health inequalities. The objective of this study is to measure the health of a representative sample by conducting a population survey in Burgas by using the EuroQoL EQ-5D-3L questionnaire, and further to assess the influence of socio-economic, demographic and behavioural factors on HrQoL. The relationship between HrQoL and social capital is analysed through a network-based approach.