Healthcare Data is Growing Exponentially, Needs Protection

Healthcare Informatics December 4, 2014
Rajiv Leventhal

Healthcare is one of the fastest growing segments of the digital universe, growing at 48 percent per year—compared to 40 percent per year for the overall digital universe— according to a new report from the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corporation.
New healthcare applications and regulatory/compliance will drive data growth, as will higher patient expectations. Data is growing quickly, but the value of data to quality, cost, and outcomes has never been higher, the report found.
In fact, if all the data in the healthcare digital universe were loaded onto the memory in a stack of tablets, it would be nearly 5,500 miles high, and loaded tablets would fill up 75 percent of a large hospital, the research estimated. And predicting its...

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