World’s Largest Medical Database

November 18, 2011 "The World’s Largest..." When I read those words, it makes me think of one of those signs you inevitably pass on a road trip advertising the world's largest rubber band ball or dinosaur statue – or where I grew up, the world’s largest statue of Paul Bunyan. Well, next on the list of the world’s largest, if the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development has its way, will be the world’s largest medical information database. Just last week, NPR reported on the VA’s continuing efforts to build a database of . . .