Hospitals are inching away far away from the statistical and analytical approach to collection data models that have been in place for some time, and sprinting towards implementing Big Data. The model that is currently customary in many hospitals, when compared to the big data model, is almost too generic, as data harvested and stored is not syncing and meshing as seamlessly as … [Read more...] about Could Big Data Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates?
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Six Ways How Big Data Is Benefitting Consumers
Big data is widely known as a resource that can help businesses. Companies use swaths of data to analyze their performances, better understand their customers, improve their efficiencies, and ultimately make more profit. Accordingly, big data can be seen as a cold, corporate tool designed to exploit consumers or increase already-high corporate profits. However, big data is also … [Read more...] about Six Ways How Big Data Is Benefitting Consumers
How to Stop Data Theft in the Healthcare Industry?
Cybercrime in the healthcare industry is growing rapidly. Nearly 90% of all healthcare organizations have experienced one or more data breach in the past two years. This industry has suffered more breaches than any other industry in the last ten years, losing an estimated total of $6.2 billion. They are failing largely because they havent been securing their applications. When … [Read more...] about How to Stop Data Theft in the Healthcare Industry?
How to Solve Genomics’ Big Data Management Problem
Today, medical and technological advancements are made more rapidly than ever before. Often the two go hand in hand, as seen in surgical robots and nanotechnology to name a couple. Even research and experiments on things that were previously theoretical or purely misunderstood are now opened up through the advancements in technology. In the case of genomics, uncountable hours … [Read more...] about How to Solve Genomics’ Big Data Management Problem
5 Best Practices to Avoid Data Breaches in the Healthcare Industry
Data breaches are common and can occur at almost every type of organization or company, but they are particularly troublesome and widespread in the healthcare industry. Patients sensitive medical records are constantly at risk, whether the organization is large or small, affecting individuals at every level of data breach. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services … [Read more...] about 5 Best Practices to Avoid Data Breaches in the Healthcare Industry