Johns Hopkins uses big data to narrow care
At Johns Hopkins Medicine, big data and analytics are at the core of the organization’s goal to tailor medical treatments and procedures to individual patients. Launched in 2012 as the Johns Hopkins...
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Could an Apple a day actually keep the doctor away? Apple’s ResearchKit, announced in March, is designed to help medical researchers develop applications that gather and analyze medical data, by...
View ArticlePartnering for Alzheimer’s research
It is easy to envy her. A self-assured vice president of Macy’s, the world’s largest retailer, tireless champion of cause marketing and active community leader creating jobs across the garment...
View ArticleSoftLayer helps Czech nonprofit Tichý svět aid hearing impaired
Imagine you’re alone, having a medical emergency. You need an ambulance and to go to the hospital, immediately. You dial a public emergency number for assistance and an operator answers. The problem...
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How cloud computing is impacting everyday life
Cloud computing is changing our lives in many ways. While the technology has been described and commented on at length technically, very few studies have focused on its impact on everyday life. We are,...
View ArticleApril #cloudchat recap: Cloud disruption and the next wave of innovation
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How cloud computing is impacting everyday life
Note: We are currently posting the top 10 posts of 2013 today through Jan. 3. This post is #8 on the list and was originally published April 4, 2013. Cloud computing is changing our lives in many ways....
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Can the cloud save a life?
I was recently asked to share my vision for the future of the cloud. As I considered this question, it dawned upon me that the innovations and advances I most wanted cloud to be associated with, that...
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HIPAA and cloud computing: What you need to know
Many of my clients are in the healthcare field, so a common question is if data can be managed on IBM cloud computing solutions in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...
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Cloud and healthcare: A revolution is coming
MarketsandMarkets, a global market research and consulting company based in the US, predicts that the global healthcare cloud computing market will be worth $5.4 billion by 2017. This tendency is...
View ArticleFive ways the healthcare industry benefits from cloud computing
While many industries benefit from the cloud, it has been especially the case for the healthcare industry, resulting in improved outcomes. Let’s take a look at some of the areas that are bringing...
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Substantiating the Internet of Things (IoT) vision
With recent advancements in technology, there is now a distinct and decisive trend of information technology (IT) transitioning from being a business-enabler to a people-enabler. IT is becoming more...
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Five reasons why cloud is the right pill for healthcare providers
By Aredis S Oliveira and Biplav Srivastava Healthcare is a major industry affecting the daily lives of citizens around the world, and information technology (IT) has played a major role in improving...
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With telemedicine, there’s no waiting room
Patients no longer have to wait in line to be seen at a doctor’s office or receive a prescription. They don’t even have to leave the house with telemedicine. If a child has a fever in the middle of the...
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Cloud-based genomics means fast, secure and affordable analytics
The big bottleneck for research centers and clinical labs doing genomic analysis no longer comes from the sequencing itself, but the data analysis. That’s why labs turn to Bluebee’s cloud-based...
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IBM Machine Learning comes to private cloud
Billions of transactions in banking, transportation, retail, insurance and other industries take place in the private cloud every day. For many enterprises, the z System mainframe is the home for all...
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Cognitive app eases the discomfort of measuring pain
As healthcare costs continue to rise, governments, healthcare providers and insurers must find more efficient ways to maintain quality and improve outcomes for patients. They’re moving away from...
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Data enables proactive healthcare, improving chronic disease management
Coughing, wheezing and tightness in the chest are are all symptoms of asthma, a chronic disease estimated to affect 400 million people around the world by 2025. Asthma is a unique condition. A patient...
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CurrentCare offers the benefits of assisted living at home with Watson IoT
Forget cameras, microphones, and wearable devices. There’s a better way to monitor the well-being of loved ones who might need assistance. Instead of intruding on their privacy, their houses can check...
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4 challenges of shared processes managed by blockchain
Blockchain is already disrupting industries and bringing trust to scenarios where it was previously complex to implement. Many of these solutions transfer data or assets between network members, but...
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