Historically, there has been great resistance to data analysis by clinicians who just want to practice medicine as they were taught. But, today we know that measuring data is crucial to ensuring quality of care because it provides “x-ray vision” into a patient’s life. In this video, David Nace, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at MarkLogic, addresses the critical impact of data on quality of care and patient health outcomes.

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Kürzlich hatte ich eine Diskussion mit einigen Architekten, die für eines der größten Krankenversicherungs-Systeme in den USA arbeiten. Sie interessierten sich für die Aggregation ihrer unzähligen Silos mit medizinischen Daten (Gesundheitsdaten) und wollten diese Integration durch die Umwandlung der Daten in über 100 Milliarden semantische Tripel erreichen. Hier unser Vorschlag:

Als ich mit dem Projekt begann, wollten die Architekten des Unternehmens semantische Tripel verwenden, um die

In this three-part blog series on decision support, we will examine the latest decision support innovations brought to the DoD and intelligence community by Innovative Decisions, Inc. (IDI). In this first post, we introduce IDI, its areas of expertise, and explore the reasons it chose to build its Decision Support solution on an Enterprise NoSQL database.

I’ve always hated “NoSQL” — not the database, mind you — the acronym. The confusion in pronunciation: “No Sequel” versus the intended “Not Only Sequel” created contradictory meanings — with one excluding SQL and the other including it. Since No is so much easier to say than Not Only … The collective drifted to the lazier pronunciation of the two, of course. Nothing like evangelizing a new category with conflicting messages: “It doesn’t include SQL — No wait, yes it does!”

Personally, I

To escape the time and money trap of legacy systems – adopting the right mindset is just as critical as adopting the right technology. Think about what you’d gain from breaking down the data silos that make change so difficult in healthcare. Bill Fox, Vice President for Healthcare and Life Sciences at MarkLogic, outlines why you can’t afford to wait to transform your business.

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