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Some Realities of Big Data
The critical, business aspect of analytics must be built in-house. This work cannot (must not) be outsourced. Analytics-drive mindset is a deep, organization-wide, culture change. This will take years to develop. Prediction is the easy part. Actionable insights are of...
The fast-growing Graph database technology
If you have not heard of graph databases, then you better catch up. Graph databases are one of the fastest growing areas in technology and their value is not well understood. According to Gartner, graph database management systems will grow at 100% through 2022...
How Ai can help lower healthcare costs
The topic of healthcare costs is too big to be addressed by one person, leave alone in any one blog-post. However, there are some areas which directly lead to high costs and I would like to describe three of those in this post. Incorrect or incomplete diagnosis: When...
Health Centers have a big problem with EHRs
The HITECH Act of 2009 led to the promotion and adoption, among other things, of the EHR, or Electronic Health Records. While the act stipulated penalties for violation of the provisions, it conferred significant incentives for EHR adoption, to the tune of $30+...
EHRs continue to accumulate incorrect data
The HITECH Act of 2009 created the EHR revolution in healthcare. While the benefits of EHR have been laid out in the Act, actual implementations at health centers are beset with EHR problems. These are very early stages in digitizing healthcare. Arguably the biggest...
Why the lack of transparency in healthcare costs?
Why is it that no one knows what healthcare costs? How much does a simple pill cost? Well that depends on where you buy it. The same pill has a different price whether you buy it at Walmart, the grocery-store or at a hospital pharmacy. While buying a pill at the...