After Google and Apple, Intel now is entering the healthcare industry. The chip company has started a new program in the area of big data along with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. As part of the program, Intel’s upcoming wave of wearable technology will help research on and treatment of neurodegenerative brain…
The arrival of Big Data approach in the areas of health, whether from the pharmaceutical, medical personnel or institutions of care, has raised many expectations. In theory, the induced analytic approach would allow a structural change in the approach of diseases. While long-term expectations are high, most of healthcare executives say they have yet to…
Heart failure will remain among most deadly and costly diseases for human beings unless we discover new methods to detect the illness much earlier. Every individual is impacted by their health, social and environmental needs. To truly treat each patient as an individual, and provides professional the most comprehensive care, big data analytics technology today…
Cloud computing services are increasingly moving into the future in health care. However, the protection and security of private data are two of the main reasons why the healthcare sector is generally slow to adopt new technologies. Market researchers at MarketsandMarkets assume that the health care industry will invest $5.4 Billion in Cloud Computing by…
According to a report by MeriTalk, IT as a service (ITaaS) can save $11 billion to health care organizations or 9 percent, of their costs over the next three years. ITaaS, a combination of software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service, The results of its new report, “Health Check:…
Health applications are now taking advantage of big data. A lot of developers are also creating health care applications for mobile users. People are now aware that they have to get rid of their bad habits so that they can stay healthy. As such, they now monitor their daily activities through the various health applications…
There is so much ado about big data since last year. People in the industry are continuously talking about it. Big data is expected to affect our daily lives in the future as it becomes a hot topic not only in conferences but even in the internet today. Experts believe that we’re up to make…
The last changes to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Rules had recently been released. Such rules were first implemented the summer of 2012. It also contains how cloud computing providers are to be treated by the healthcare industry. According to the HIPAA standard, the cloud vendors are business associates and as business associates…
Cloud computing has truly evolved from providing computing or storage resources to a more industry-specific community. Today, there are cloud instances to cater to each compliance and security requirements of a particular industry. Verizon has its cloud service which complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act for the healthcare industry. Metal Lynx targets…
Boston and New York had recently declared a flu epidemic. In Beantown, there were about 700 reported cases wherein 18 people had already died. In order to keep things from being out of control, app developers and health officials turn to big data for help. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the organization primarily assigned…