If insurers could somehow forecast the future, what a safer, more productive, and more profitable future it might become. Loss prevention departments could greatly reduce both claim frequency and severity, while growth could be focused to mitigate catastrophe risk. While we await a crystal ball, all kinds and sizes of losses are taking place. The
Use code: PATIMES15 for 15% of a two-day Conference pass. Enacting an effective and meaningful population health management program, especially when that population has a high proportion of patients with complex needs, has been one of...
Text analytics can reveal even more about customers Move over, Big Data. Here comes Big Text. Or, as it’s more commonly known, “text analytics.” Or, sometimes, “text mining.” Essentially, it’s the analysis of all the unstructured data...
Many data centers are finding it hard to keep pace with the demands growing information sets are putting on them Hospital datacenters are being overwhelmed by the ongoing data explosion. Pushed to acquire, analyze, secure and deliver...
Use code: PATIMES15 for 15% of a two-day Conference pass. Despite challenges such as a lack of standardization of data, the health care industry is taking steps to give doctors insight on how to improve patient...
Sometime in the not-so-distant future, getting a checkup will be very different. When the doctor writes down your symptoms, it will be cross-checked with others in your area, making it easier to identify outbreaks and epidemics...
Whatever the right solution is for the current Greek crisis, many observers believe that the problems could have been avoided if Greece had not joined the Euro in the first place. It is no secret that Greece...
The ever burgeoning attention on analytics and big data combined with the ever proliferating phenomenon of smart phones and social media generates great anticipation to the analytically oriented nerd that world domination is now indeed within reach. ...
Machine learning can bring tremendous value to the applications you build, but beware the bearers of false gifts. In providing the ability to discover patterns buried deep within data, machine learning has the potential to make applications...
When you hear the term Big Data you might associate it with certain functions of an organization, like marketing, product development or customer relationship management. You may not think about HR as part of this equation. By...
