MD Anderson Moon Shots Program: Fighting Cancer with Data
Inspired by America’s drive 54 years ago, to put a man on the moon, MD Anderson has an ambitious and comprehensive action plan to make…
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Sikka Software Announces Data Summit
Sikka Software announced that they are hosting the largest data summit in the retail healthcare (non-physician, non-hospital) space. The conference will focus on key trends…
Calling on Data Enthusiasts to Help Advance Cancer Research
By Warren Kibbe, PhD – Health data enthusiasts of all stripes arrived in Washington, DC, for an annual event known as Health Datapalooza. Incredibly smart…
The Rheumatoid Arthritis Data Challenge
By Yasmin Kloth – It’s that magical time of year when signs of spring emerge and we start posting and sending more notes related to…
A Look Ahead at 2016: Top 3 Industry Predictions
By Eric Nilsson – Whether they were highlights or lowlights, healthcare stories dominated the news in 2015. The skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs, expanded medical coverage, the meltdown of blood-testing startup Theranos and the arrest of pharmaceutical industry entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, criticized for raising the price of life-saving drugs, were some of the stories that took center stage.
A Big Data Approach Leads to Undiscovered Insights into ALS
This summer nine Master / PhD students from various disciplines travelled to New York, Boston, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands with the goal to develop…
Obesity Data Challenge Winners!
By Adnan Mahmud – Local health officials are responsible for promoting the health of the populations they serve. However, they don’t always have access to…
Obesity Data Challenge
By Chris Boone – It’s hard to hide from the data – obesity is a growing and global challenge we must collectively fight. Today, the…