New Report Looks at Big Data’s Impact on Health Care
While proposed solutions are a matter of fierce debate, there’s few who would argue that the United States health care system is inefficient and in need of creative disruption. As a result, an increasing number of health care providers, researchers, and insurers are looking towards Big Data to reduce inefficiencies and improve quality of care.
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Delve Into the Deep Blue Sea of Oceanic Data with Marinexplore
It’s widely known that most of the Earth is covered in water; the ocean alone covers 71% of the planet’s surface to be exact. The ocean contains fathoms of data, and with over 90% of it still to be explored, its processing and analysis is the very model of a Big Data problem. Marinexplore is a new open data collaboration platform and community containing 463,447,500 oceanographic measurements collected from 23,422 sensors.
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The Answer Isn’t Less Data, It’s More Data Science
How much data is too much? Depending on who’s answering, the answer may be “there’s never enough.” Many don’t share that perspective, however, and are instead overwhelmed by the amount of data available at their fingertips. It’s a growing concern for consumers of online media, engorging themselves on the endless buffet of information served through social media, smartphones, and news aggregators.
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