Big Data

Learn about Big Data in Healthcare with this HIMSS Virtual Briefing on August 5, 2015

by Trevor Strome July 17, 2015






You’ll Learn About Leveraging Big Data with this HIMSS Virtual Briefing If your healthcare organization is deciding how best to benefit from big data, you’ll be interested in this upcoming virtual briefing from HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). On August 5, 2015 HIMSS will be hosting a webinar entitled “Big Data, Big Insight: […]






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The Three Key Drivers of “Big Data” in Healthcare – Is Your Healthcare Organization Ready?

by Trevor Strome February 3, 2015






As I mention in my Q&A post “What Are the Three V’s of Big Data”, Big Data is a significant topic of conversation in Health Information Technology (HIT) because Healthcare Organizations (HCOs) need to determine how Big Data figures into their operations. The previous post cites a definition of Big Data that states, essentially, that […]






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What You Need to Know About Healthcare Analytics on the Cloud

by Trevor Strome January 22, 2015






This is a summary of a recent article I wrote for SearchHealthIT.com.  The promise of cloud-based analytics Because of the computing power, data storage, and network bandwidth that some modern analytics and simulations require, the healthcare industry requires cost-effective and scalable solutions. Cloud-based services offer a promising option. Many of the reporting and analytics tools used […]






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Healthcare Analytics Q&A: What Are the “Three V’s” of Big Data?

by Trevor Strome January 20, 2015






Healthcare Analytics “Q&A” Series Every day, I receive emails from readers of HealthcareAnalytics.info asking questions about healthcare analytics topics, trends, and issues. These questions arise out of posts they’ve read on this website or encountered elsewhere. Although I endeavour to answer each question individually, I’ve created this “Question & Answer” series on HealthcareAnalytics.info to provide […]






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Healthcare Data Analytics Summit – Toronto, December 2014

by Trevor Strome September 29, 2014






The Third National Summit on Healthcare Data Analytics is coming to Toronto, Ontario December 2-3, 2014. I’m honored to be chairing this outstanding event this year, as there is an outstanding lineup of speakers. There are expert speakers attending from across North America and internationally. Several of the timely and important topics include: population health […]






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Big Data and Data Science – A Statistician’s View

by Trevor Strome September 12, 2014






While the various methods and technologies associated with Big Data and Data Science offer exciting potential to dramatically improve the business and clinical insight available to healthcare professionals (both clinical and administrative), there is no shortage of hype associated with them either. Oftentimes what is missing from the discussion is an objective look at the […]






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