Healthcare: News in Brief
Detecting Cancerous RNA Signatures with Big Data
Using big data to push the envelope on the origins of disease, especially as it pertains to breast cancer, is the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC—James), where a team of researchers evaluated the genomes of 466 patients with invasive ductal carcinoma, the most common type of breast cancer. Read more...
Examining the Relationship between HIPAA and Healthcare Data
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was adjusted recently and healthcare data collection initiatives are keen to understand what it means for their efforts. John W. Loonsk, the Chief Medical Information Officer at CGI Federal, examined both the adjustment and the overall impact of big data on medical research. Read more...
Breaking Big Data Barriers in Pharma Research
Leveraging big data for medical research and advancement has proven to be one of the more challenging use cases owing to the fact that medical data is surrounded by privacy and security concerns that make it difficult to pile it together. Sam Marwaha, Director of McKinsey & Company, addressed the big data issue as it pertains to pharmaceutical research and development in an essay and accompanying video.Read more...
Healthcare: This Just In
Cardinal Health Selects Hortonworks to Power Data Platform for Healthcare
Hortonworks announced that Cardinal Health has selected to deploy their next generation data architecture based on the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).Read more...
Sumo Logic Announces Successful HIPAA Examination
Sumo Logic, the next-generation log management and analytics company, announced today that it has successfully completed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Type 1 attestation examination, confirming that the company's log management and analytics service is in compliance with relevant federal healthcare regulations.Read more...
InsightsOne to Deliver Predictive Intelligence for Independence Blue Cross
InsightsOne today announced that Independence Blue Cross (IBC) selected InsightsOne to help with predictive analytics capability and solutions.Read more...
Fujitsu Ships Over Two Million Washable RFID Tags in 1Q13
Fujitsu and its parent company Fujitsu Frontech Limited, announced that it has shipped more than 2 million of its WT-A521/A522 RFID tags in the first quarter of 2013. Read more...
LifeMap Sciences Partners with Appistry
LifeMap Sciences announced a collaborative partnership and value-added reseller agreement with Appistry, Inc.Read more...
GNS Using Big Data Analytics to Assess Healthcare Reform Quality Measures
GNS Healthcare announced a partnership with the CMS and HSAG to assess CMS' quality measures. Read more...
