Big Data, Bigger Outcomes - Journal of AHIMA

For the past few years, healthcare transformation discussions have centered around EMR adoption, data exchange and interoperability. As we conquer EMR adoption and begin to see the fruits of data exchange (albeit slowly), the conversation swings to analytics to inform and transform clinical and business processes. Big data analytics can provide new insights from the growing volumes and sources of data, and answers business, operational and clinical questions in near real time.