Big Data: Healthcare must move beyond the hype
The hype surrounding so-called Big Data – the computational analysis of vast data sets to uncover patterns, trends and associations – is “bi-polar.” That’s how Leonard D’Avolio, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, describes all the chatter around this technology. “Either we are reading about how Big Data will cure cancer or about how it’s foolish to believe Big Data will replace doctors,” D’Avolio said. “I think the narrative should be in the middle, where we are talking about these technologies as tools that could be used to complement the work of not just clinicians but also healthcare administrators, operational leaders and others. Big Data is another set of technologies with pros and cons.” D’Avolio points to research firm Gartner’s Hype Cycle description of the evolution of new technologies…
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