Big data refers to a set of information and data so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using conventional database management tools.
But when a corporation applies an algorithm to a huge data set to discern information about our desires, relationships, or health status it shares only the information of empathy, none of the relationship.
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In a 2010 study done at Kaiser Permanente reported in Health Affairs of 35, 423 people with diabetes, hypertension, or both, the use of secure patient-physician e-mail within a two-month period was associated with a statistically significant improvement in effectiveness of care as measured by the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS).
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Responding to a congressional query, nine data companies provided answers to a detailed set of questions about what kinds of information they collect about individual Americans, and where they get that data.
Unlike some academic studies which deal only with publicly available information, Pragma used a private data set from its customers, who represent about two percent of total market volume on a daily basis, which showed who was placing the orders.
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Insurers are accelerating efforts to tap into the systems that enable a car to communicate with satellites and mobile data networks, and use information about how you drive to set your rates.
This data set is quite literally the most extensive and valuable assortment of user information available.
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To activate mobile access to your Quicken data, Intuit requires you to create a new set of log-in information.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has set up a program to gather information about car crashes using data from sensor boxes.
Such companies have a vast amount of sensitive data, and the mind-set until now has been to avoid exposing this information in any way to an online medium.
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It will, for instance, require countries to set up national data-registration offices, so that individuals have easy access to information about them held on computers.
In the past two days, Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people) has quietly released new information about both medications, set a new timetable for getting Xolair approved and published new data on Zelnorm.
While Shareholder.com's Gruner doesn't think that the regulation and technology-pushed growth of the late 1990s will return with the new SEC proposals, it's clear that the companies set on the business of disclosure will have plenty of new information to disperse and package to a data-hungry and concerned investing community.
ADM, which the company claims is simple to set up and operate, has been designed to provide half-hourly meter reading data direct to suppliers through secure information gateways.
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