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Michael Draugelis, who spoke at the HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum on Tuesday, also said healthcare organizations should collaborate to improve patient care.

At the HIMSS Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum, design and data visualization guru Teresa Larsen shows how to present information clearly, accurately and attractively.

The noted physician, software engineer and open science champion said that the hardest part of big data is knowing what questions to ask and finding people capable of figuring that out.

Mosquitoes bearing Zika — a virus that can cause birth defects when contracted by pregnant women — are expected to reach the United States as soon as this summer, with Florida and Texas likely to be among the hardest-hit states.

Omicia to expand HIPAA-compliant, cloud-enabled platform for research, population health, clinical trials.

Examples of innovation that can help shape 21st century medicine were recognized by the American Medical Association at its annual meeting this week.

James L. Madara, MD, addressed the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting, stressing the need to weed out electronic products that waste providers’ time and confuse patients.

The company is joining with the American Diabetes Association to improve patient outcomes through the cognitive computing of Watson and the association’s diabetes database.

Startup intends to use the funding to scale its EHR-agnostic cloud-based service and analytics for helping doctors determine the best treatment options for patients.

The research and advocacy group is calling upon data scientists and computational analysts to leverage its database to expand understanding of the disease.