by Alfred Poor | July 7, 2015 | Health, Medical
During his State of the of the Union address last January, President Obama called for the launching of a Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), intended to use Big Data approaches to find new ways to treat and cure diseases “like cancer and diabetes.” The...
by Alfred Poor | July 1, 2015 | Medical
Can Big Data really impact healthcare costs and improve the lives of patients? At a roundtable event held by the IBM Curam Research Institute in Boston, MA last week, Rory O’Connor made a presentation about IBM Care Management, which is the first business...
by Alfred Poor | June 19, 2015 | Health, Medical
Thomas Jefferson University is one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., and is affiliated with Jefferson Health which has five hospitals and other services in the greater Philadelphia Area. Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is the leading health insurance company...
by Alfred Poor | June 16, 2015 | Medical
Digital data processing of medical and health information promises to save lives and reduce healthcare costs. By examining the health records and data produced by wearable Health Tech devices from thousands or even millions of people, Big Data analytics should be able...
by Alfred Poor | June 12, 2015 | Health, Medical
We frequently mention how the data generated by wearable Health Tech devices has the potential to radically transform our healthcare system, for individual patients and for the population as a whole. Big Data analytics of this growing treasure trove of...
