From electronic health records to genomic sequencing of cancer, the amount of medical data being collected each days is staggering. But how do we make sense of it? And can we use it to change and improve the way care is delivered?

Big data has long held the promise of transforming our health care system. Some experts believe that promise is starting to be fulfilled. But others say there’s still a long way to go.

In Big Data: Is It Starting To Pay Off in Health Care?, an iHealthBeat podcast from Kenny Goldberg, experts discuss how the health care industry is leveraging big data and how such efforts could be improved.  

The podcast includes comments from:

• Lydon Neumann, vice president of Impact Advisors;

• Lee Pierce, vice president of business intelligence and analytics at Intermountain Healthcare; and

• Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Health and author of “The Creative Destruction of Medicine” (Goldberg, iHealthBeat, 7/10)

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