If you work in healthcare you hear the terms “big data,” “population health management,” and “integration” daily. You look around and see hundreds of dedicated engineering resources, millions of dollars, and years of effort being invested in technologies to aggregate and analyze data.
Some technology companies and healthcare organizations have succeeded in this significant and difficult effort, and others are just starting this very onerous journey. Connecting and consolidating multiple EMRs, lab systems, medication data, problem lists, and (often dated) claims data is no easy feat. Making sense of it all is a whole other story.
