Recently, I got to hear a healthcare CIO talk about big data in general and what it means for healthcare in particular. This leader not only believes in big data, but claims that big data will move from “differentiating healthcare organizations to table stakes.” When asked why, he said the reason is simple: “We are in the business of creating the highest value care. And big data is fundamentally about serving our patients better than we do today. And everyone in healthcare will have to do it.”
The next question for this CIO was how he defines big data.
The world is increasingly becoming digital and interconnected. At the moment, our main focus is on human interactions, but that is changing quickly. The machine to machine communication is slowly but surely increasing.
