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
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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?
The Great Promises of Data Science for Healthcare – Infographic
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has said that In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together. As data science programs spring up across the world and medical practices big and small transition to digital record-keeping, it's becoming apparent that the future of medical science is intimately tied to advances … [Read more...] about The Great Promises of Data Science for Healthcare – Infographic
Here Is Why Big Data and Healthcare Is A Powerful Combination
Big Data and healthcare is a powerful combination. The ability to give doctors insights to all data of their patients can save a lot of lives and save hospitals a lot of money. But how does the landscape look today, how is Big Data already used by different organisations? Are agencies takings steps to start using the benefits of all that data? In order to find answers to such … [Read more...] about Here Is Why Big Data and Healthcare Is A Powerful Combination
How Oxford University Takes Healthcare Data to A New Level
The Oxford University knows how to take Healthcare Data forward and recently started with a new initiative, which is funded by the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery connects Big Data and latest technologies to make new discoveries. The centre brings together two different themes; research in Healthcare Data and the Target … [Read more...] about How Oxford University Takes Healthcare Data to A New Level
