Leveraging the Power of Real-time ETL for Better Pharmaceutical Insights

The ETL (extract, transform and load) process by which organizations prepare data for storage is an essential part of modern database systems, particularly used for business intelligence applications. The problem is that it can be inefficient and slow — too slow for companies to do real-time and streaming analytics.

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Machine Learning and AI in Healthcare: Practical Applications (Part 2)

How can AI technology improve the healthcare industry?

Our last blog post explored the implications of a recent study on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning business application. While the healthcare industry can expect incredible benefits from the adoption of AI technology, it remains under-adopted and receives below-average attention when compared to other industries.

This post aims to highlight the areas within healthcare where AI has potential. This technology can improve operations, patient experiences, medical procedures, and solve regulatory challenges.

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Machine Learning and AI in Healthcare Coming Up Short (Part 1)

An independent study on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) was released by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) in June 2017, focusing on the following central question: “Is artificial intelligence the next digital frontier, and if so, are businesses ready for it?”

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Getting the Most Out of Longitudinal Patient Data

Anonymous patient-level data (APLD) is data collected in real time from an individual patient. There has been an increasing interest in patient-level data, as researchers, healthcare providers, and pharmaceutical companies are realizing the potential of creating better comparisons of effective treatment outcomes by analyzing long-term data that represent individual patient-based experiences.

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Big Pharma; Big Data: how a third party company can revolutionize your data for a better tomorrow

As each industry becomes more technologically savvy, the pharmaceutical industry has the chance to emerge into the 21st century and reform how they treat patients while tackling different medical epidemics that affect the world today.

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