Calling and e-mailing their doctor or nurse can save some time, but result in patient data scattered all over the place.
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The inherent problem with viewing scattered reports and data is that they can lead to a misperception of what is actually occurring.
Mr. Singhal said Google and the Metaweb team, which then numbered around 50 software engineers, have since expanded the size of the index to more than 200 million entities, partly by developing "extraction algorithms, " or mathematical formulas that can organize data scattered across the Web.
Customer data is scattered and duplicated across multiple systems, which means there are multiple versions of the truth.
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Much of this data is scattered across the Web and of variable quality.
But scattered government and private data exist on scores of regulations and on the agencies that issue them, as well as on regulatory costs and benefits.
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The result is a lot of data, but those data are scattered in numerous databases that are organised and maintained in diverse ways by various research teams.
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The data you want is often scattered in dozens of different places, and the best research often turns out to be hidden behind a paywall.
That finding (from an IDC study) suggests that if you could find a way to eliminate the multiple copies of files and documents scattered around your servers, you could get a handle on your data overload and plan for a more efficient future.
Six years ago, radiologist Michael Zalis found himself spending a lot of time logging in and out of separate electronic health records at Massachusetts General Hospital to gather lab data, clinical notes, and other non-imaging information scattered in multiple databases.
The information from the Data Sensing Lab will then be displayed on a number of screens scattered around the conference floor.
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