Items Tagged ‘big data’
August 10, 2016
In 2012, Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) co-directors Walter Rocca, M.D., Mayo Clinic; and Barbara Yawn, M.D., Olmsted Medical Center; and their colleagues, published a paper describing the generalizability of epidemiological findings from one population to others. Their premise – health and health care information derived from the largely ethnically homogeneous population in Olmsted County, Minnesota, […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, population health, Rochester Epidemiology Project
October 13, 2015
Simple Shift, Four Numbers, Big Results
Jon Ebbert, M.D., is a primary care physician and researcher, and the Minnesota & Midwest Site Director for the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery ___________________________________________________________________ Research published recently by colleagues in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science […]
Tags: AHRQ, big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
September 18, 2015
Delivery Science Summit – Building the Evidence Base, Always Patient-Centric
Moderator Peggy Girshman led off Day 2 with a poignant reminder of why the science of health care delivery is so important. “In the end,” she said, “what the patient thinks and feels [about their experience] is all that matters.” She told a story about a well-educated couple, fully insured, significant financial resources and family […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Delivery Science Summit, patient experience
September 17, 2015
Delivery Science Summit Launched
The morning started with two pre-conference workshops, tough choices for some, obvious landing spots for others. Nilay Shah, Ph.D., led the Big Data session, and participants were able to dig deep into concepts surrounding the promise (and realization) of Big Data in health care. They presented case examples of successful use of OptumLabs™ Data Warehouse […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Delivery Science Summit
July 21, 2015
Data Accuracy and Integrity – Without Which We Have Nothing
“The cornerstone of our ability to make robust inference and sound clinical decisions is the assumption of the validity, accuracy and representativeness of medical research data.” So says Véronique Roger, M.D., Director, Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, and in her July editorial in the […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Veronique Roger
May 29, 2015
Precision Medicine Using Big Data
One of our goals at Mayo Clinic is to improve the way patients experience health care. We established the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery to investigate ways to improve across the continuum of health care delivery. In the center, we look at systems engineering, […]
Tags: anticoagulant, big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, individualized medicine, OptumLabs, precision medicine
March 4, 2015
Apply for a NIH-funded week-long “Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K)” fellowship and bridge the gap Within “Big Data,” there’s a multidimensional data goldmine just waiting for collaborative research teams to enter and extract information that can change the world of health care. Many face the challenge and wonder how they can use that data to […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
January 16, 2015
Collaborating to Enhance Patient Experience
“The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered, and in order that the sick may have the benefit of advancing knowledge, union of forces is necessary. – Dr. William J. Mayo, 1910 The motivation behind Mayo Clinic’s many collaborative relationships is to improve patient care. These relationships are focused on finding […]
Tags: big data, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, OptumLabs
December 23, 2014
What is Big Data, and Why Do We Care in Health Care?
By bobnellis 
Big data is a term with uncertain roots, and variable usage, but one which paints a picture of extremely large amounts of information, complex and disparate, that is difficult to analyze using traditional tools. Other challenges with big data include collection and storage, sorting and searching, sharing and individual privacy – just because you have […]
Tags: big data, individualized medicine