Thursday, October 11, 2012

Big Data, Bigger Outcomes

Fernandes, Lorraine, O’Connor, Michele, and Victoria Weaver. "Big Data, Bigger Outcomes." Journal of the American Health Information Management Association 83 (2012): 38-43.

From the article: "Big Data has tremendous potential to add value in all healthcare settings. Big Data solutions can help organizations personalize care, engage patients, reduce variability and costs, and improve quality. Once Big Data is managed and integrated, organizations can apply analytics to better understand the clinical and operational states of their business based on historical and current trends, and predict what might occur in the future with a trusted level of reliability." Read more