The next medical miracle will be created by big data

The healthcare industry is constantly creating miracles

Whether it is restoring sight to the blind

Helping paralyzed people regain mobility

Or genetic reprogramming to avoid disease?

Doctors are constantly trying new ways to save lives

Improving people’s lives

And big data technology supported by Micron products

Becoming the backbone of medical reform

According to the International Data Corporation, the healthcare industry generated approximately 153 exabytes of data in 2013, which is equivalent to about 2.6 trillion music albums. By 2020, this number is expected to soar to 2,314 exabytes, an increase of more than 11,000%.

There is certainly room for improvement—the healthcare industry can do more with this data to more accurately predict health issues and improve treatment outcomes for individuals and patients at large.

There is work already underway on this front: For example, the medical schools at Stanford University and Duke University are collaborating on Project Baseline, which will collect comprehensive health data from 10,000 participants over four years to build an informative picture of human health and disease.

While personal records remain private, the vast amounts of data collected (without identifying information) are now open to researchers and data analytics companies to work with. For example, Apple launched the open-source ResearchKit software framework in 2015. ResearchKit collects genetic data and medical test results from iOS users and makes that data available for research and diagnosis.

“Data is fundamentally changing research, creating tremendous new opportunities to learn things that were previously impossible or would have taken generations of effort.” Stanford Faculty.

By leveraging big data, medical staff can detect problems early and prevent them from happening, develop better treatment plans for patients, and more effective medication plans. Drugs can be completely simulated in computer systems, reducing expensive medical trials and unnecessary risks to trial participants, while improving the new drug development process.

"Big data has the potential to replace many studies typically conducted in laboratories, profoundly changing the medical research process as we know it," the report said.

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