In the future, doctors will be better able to help us ward off illnesses by analyzing information buried in medical records. That effort will be greatly enhanced by the ability to access electronic medical records in so-called health information exchanges. Those exchanges could give researchers access to large pools of anonymized health data, so
Midsize Insider :: Every department within a midsize business needs for data analysis tools. Whether one is considering IT, sales, customer service, or any other grouping, the collection and interpretation of data can improve products, interaction...
Toward the end of last year I suggested, predicted even, that prediction was going to be hot in our space in 2013. As we approach the halfway point of the year, it’s not a bad time to...
As you might have heard before if you read McKinsey reports, the New York Times or just about any technology news site, data scientists are in high demand. Heck, the Harvard Business Review called it the sexiest...
Expanded rules for data sharing in the U.S. government will need more oversight as predictive algorithms are applied. Last winter, around the same time there was a huge row in Congress over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and...
Technological advancements are helping financial institutions and law enforcement combat bank fraud and money laundering more efficiently, according to Jennifer Shaskey Calvery, director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department....
Miami-Dade County has turned to predictive analytics to catch crooks, slash costs, improve transparency across agencies and provide better service for residents Over the last few years, government organizations have been squeezed from two sides: They’re under...
The Obama campaign’s chief data scientist Rayid Ghani will once again keynote at Predictive Analytics World in Chicago, June 10-13, 2013 Much has been written about the Obama campaign’s technological advantage in the last election and...
Some of the key figures responsible for the digital strategy behind President Barack Obama’s successful 2012 campaign are taking their battle plans to the private sector. Joe Rospars, chief digital strategist for Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns,...
The art of putting Big Data to practical use is still young, but it’s already more pervasive than you probably realize, says a new book. FORTUNE — Early last year, you might recall, Target found itself at...
