Omar Hoblos 5/18/2015 Big Data Revolution After reading the article, I am definitely more aware of this big data revolution currently taking place in today’s healthcare market. Although it is a revolution in other industries, such as consumer markets to target trends to increase profit margins, the most important and global impact of big data is healthcare. Before reading this article, I did not understand how all these private companies could have access to such large patient files especially with the stressed importance of patient privacy in the medical field. I was very surprised by the government backing of big data and granting access to patient files to discover trends. A big focus of big data is definitely making patient records as private as possible, removing any personal information. I can only imagine how tedious this will be if there is not a software that is able to do this automatically. It is clear how revolutionary this could be though for the healthcare industry that the government is willing to grant access immediately and try to make regulations after the fact. While doctors are very trusted in society to make the right decision, they are only human and make mistakes just as often as they solve problems. There is a very high percentage of deaths caused by misdiagnosis of patients by doctors. If doctors had a protocol to follow along with their personal knowledge and experience, the chances of a proper diagnosis would certainly increase. Studying trends in thousands of patients with similar conditions will help physicians and other healthcare associates to discover patterns in treatments and perhaps mistakes.
Omar Hoblos5/18/2015Big Data RevolutionAfter reading the article
! am de"nitel# more a$are of this big data revolutioncurrentl#
ta%ing &lace in toda#'s healthcare mar%et( Although it is a
revolution in other industries such as consumer mar%ets to target
trends to increase &ro"t margins the most im&ortant and
global im&act of big data is healthcare( Before reading this
article ! did not understand ho$ all these &rivate
com&anies could have access to such large &atient "les
es&eciall# $ith the stressed im&ortance of &atient
&rivac# in the medical "eld( ! $as ver# sur&rised b# the
government bac%ingof big data and granting access to &atient
"les to discover trends( A big focus of big data is de"nitel#
ma%ing &atient records as &rivate as &ossible removing
an# &ersonal information( ! can onl# imagine ho$ tedious this
$ill be if there is not a soft$are that is able to do this
automaticall#( !t is clear ho$ revolutionar# this could be though
for the healthcare industr# that the government is $illing to grant
access immediatel# and tr# to ma%e regulations after the fact(
)hile doctors are ver# trusted in societ# to ma%e the right
decision the# are onl# human and ma%e mista%es *ust as often as
the# solve &roblems( +here is a ver# high &ercentage of
deaths caused b# misdiagnosis of &atients b# doctors( !f
doctors had a &rotocol to follo$ along $ith their &ersonal
%no$ledge and e,&erience the chances of a &ro&er
diagnosis $ould certainl# increase( -tud#ing trends in thousands of
&atients $ith similar conditions $ill hel& &h#sicians
and other healthcare associates to discover &atterns in
treatments and &erha&s mista%es(+he &ossibilities for
healthcare im&rovement are endless( ! es&eciall# thin% this
$ill hel& the &harmac# "eld to determine drug e.ects on
&atients( !f &harmacists and doctors can see over time ho$
certain drugs a.ect &atients $ith s&eci"c conditions man#
&reventative measures can ta%e &lace and actuall#
su&&ort future &atients(Another ver# im&ortant
as&ect of big data trends is hos&itals sharing data and
trends( Hos&itals $ill be able to &lace organi/ed data on a
cloud t#&e storage $here &rivate com&anies can anal#/e
the data and hos&itals around the $orld can access this data(
+his ma%es big data bene"cial in macro and micro s#stems since
global hos&itals $ould bene"t as $ell as individual
&atients $ho can get better care( !f the &atients and the
doctors have access to the same data both the doctor and the
&atient $ill be smarter $hich leads to better care( +he
&atients $ill be more educated and %no$ $hen the# need to go in
and $hen the# can handle an issue on their o$n( And doctors $ould
be able to give more &atient s&eci"c advice according to
s&eci"c conditions( +he &ossibilities of bene"t are endless
for the big data revolution(
