Big Data news and information

Mobile healthcare apps are multiplying fast and putting a vast array of new tools in the hands of patients and the providers who deliver their care. The pace and scope of innovation makes it hard to imagine what app developers will create next. So we put the question to some of the thinkers in the...
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IBM, Excel Medical Electronics and the UCLA department of neurosurgery are testing a real-time alarm system to flag rising brain pressure among intensive-care unit patients.
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The federal government has long estimated there would be a shortage in the healthcare information technology labor force, but, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the talent shortfall may be even larger than the government expected.
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The morning staff meetings at Explorys are called sprints. No one sits down. Software engineers and data scientists gather at a white board, busy with note cards, and discuss the issues of the moment.
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At the start of every new year, we're bombarded with resolutions and predictions of what will happen in the next 12 months. Almost every industry in 2013 is predicted to place a major emphasis on the use of tools that provide analytics, business intelligence, decision support or some other...
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A leading federal defense contractor has followed up a recent health information technology provider purchase with the acquisition of a health data analyst.
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Without increased funding, a more diverse workforce, better management of data and the ability to attract the best talent, the U.S. may lose its position as the world's leader in biomedical research, warned the National Institutes of Health.
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Big data is more than just "massive amounts" of data, according to Dave Muntz, principal deputy national coordinator at HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
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In what has been called the "Age of Big Data," when corporations are finding new ways to mine information to boost profits, University of Iowa professor Alberto Segre and a team of colleagues are channeling their work in data science to achieve something greater.
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U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park spoke to CNN recently about President Barack Obama's high-tech agenda, the power of big data and how technology can help drive job growth.
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