August - 2019191. How can Big Data Integration and Analytics improve the Health sector?The healthcare industry has become data rich through the digital transformation of healthcare, and we now have more data flooding in than we know what to do with. We need modern architectures like Big Data to help us deal not only with the volume of data, but the velocity, as it's only going to increase exponentially. At a basic level, big data allows us to ingest data from a variety of data sources (patient records, census information, environmental data, images, Internet of Things data from devices, etc.) and build data sets for analysis and pattern detection without the limitations of traditional data warehouse design patterns.This allows us to analyze our historical data to create a baseline of where we are and build a foundation for maturing into predictive and prescriptive analytics. Big data then allows us to create predictive models based on a number of factors for improving patient care (early sepsis detection, diabetes risk, early heart failure detection) and optimizing our care delivery models (readmission rates, population health risk stratification, patient engagement).2. Which growing or future technology innovation are you personally excited about?I'm most excited about Artificial Intelligence (AI), as it will truly revolutionize how we deliver care in the future. I see today's AI learning capabilities on data sets (the bigger the set the better) opening up new insights for hypotheses about basic care and operations. In the future it will allow for exploring countless molecular pathways for drug development addressing a wide spectrum of diseases. It will provide physicians with augmented-reality diagnostic tools that can detect disease states years before any symptoms develop. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) we will not only be able to collect and analyze that information but transform and tailor how those devices interact with our patients. We are still in the early phases of big data and advanced analytics but we are keeping an eye out for the disruptions that AI could potentially bring to the table.3. How can the evolving technologies help Hospital/Healthcare Industry9 overcome the challenges?The healthcare industry is very fragmented when it comes to data with each line of business application having its own database, data warehouse, and analytics tools. Trying to get data across multiple vendors and domains is a very labor-intensive and time-consuming process. Evolving technologies such as big data, advanced analytics, and data visualization allow us to automate our data pipelines, build data sets and actually get to insight from our data. We can then take that insight and operationalize it to really help propel the organization and healthcare forward. These technologies also help us pivot our focus from transactional systems (EHR, GL, Time and Attendance) to a patient, outcomes, or population focus, and all the data elements those entail regardless of where that data comes from.4. Even though you do not measure your team on project deadlines, fast delivery must still be important to you. How are you delivering faster?We are delivering faster by combining modern design patterns and architectures with new ways MODERN TECHNOLOGIES- KEY ASSETS TO UNDERSTAND HEALTHCARE DATAJulius BogdanCXO INSIGHTSJulius Bogdan, Director of Analytics and Data Innovation, SCL HealthBy
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