Advances in data collection, sensor technology, cloud-based data management and analytics capabilities have resulted in huge volumes of unstructured data that have helped to provide control to patients/consumers and healthcare professionals in managing their health conditions. Nano technology, ingestible pills, wearables and integration of gaming into patient support programs … [Read more...] about How Big Data Provides Enhanced Insights for the Healthcare Industry
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Predicting and Preventing Health Issues with Big Data
For eons, healthcare, in whatever form it came in, was fairly straightforward. Someone would get sick or injured, and a physician would prescribe a cure or treatment using the prevailing medical knowledge of the day. This has held true even in modern times, where many people only think about their health during those times when it fails them. While this approach is a practical … [Read more...] about Predicting and Preventing Health Issues with Big Data
Hangups and Solutions in Applying Big Data in Healthcare
Its not just high-tech businesses that have latched onto the idea of using big data analytics to improve their operations. The healthcare industry has seen the potential that big data has to offer, leading to a movement to digitize health data to improve patient care and the efficiency of administrative tasks. Big data might just transform healthcare all around the world, but … [Read more...] about Hangups and Solutions in Applying Big Data in Healthcare
How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Going to Revolutionize Healthcare
The potential to dramatically lower costs and improve quality of care are obvious. Wireless sensor-based systems are already at work today, gathering patient medical data that was never before available for analysis and delivering care to people for whom care wasnt previously accessible. In these ways, IoT-driven systems are making it possible to radically reduce costs and … [Read more...] about How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Going to Revolutionize Healthcare
Could Big Data Be The Cure For The Largest Ebola Outbreak Ever?
Until March 2014, the largest Ebola outbreak to have taken place was in Uganda in 2000-2001. This outbreak caused 224 deaths and there were 425 reported human cases. Unfortunately, since March things have changed and we are now in the middle of the largest Ebola outbreak ever. The number of people hit with Ebola has reached almost 10.000 in West Africa and the death toll now … [Read more...] about Could Big Data Be The Cure For The Largest Ebola Outbreak Ever?
