It’s conventional wisdom that there is “a lot” of opportunity to squeeze costs from the U.S. healthcare system. That’s an understatement. As described below, healthcare providers consuming IT “as a service” is but one way in which AIS can help take part in improving the efficiency of a system we all need. Original article by Susan D. Hall in FierceHealthIT. …
CALBIO 2013, June 13-14 in San Diego
June 13-14, 2013 | San Diego Convention Center 111 W Harbor Dr San Diego, CA 92101 California. The birthplace of the biotechnology industry and home to the largest and most productive concentration of life science companies in the world. Over the years, our focus has remained constant – discover the next great thing and turn it into reality. While capital …
BIOCOM at Green Flash Brewery, June 10 in San Diego
Monday, June 10, 2013 | Green Flash Brewing Company 6550 Mira Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92121 4:30 to 7:00 PM BIOCOM Members are invited to join us at Green Flash Brewing Co. on Monday, June 10 for an opportunity to learn about the exclusive savings available through the BIOCOM Purchasing Group Data & Communications Suppliers. Bring a colleague and …
Life Science & Enterprise Cloud, April 25-26 in Scottsdale
April 25-26, 2013 | Hotel Valley Ho 6850 East Main Street Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Throughout the Life Science industry, forward-thinking corporations are leveraging advancements in technology throughout their organizations in order to create streamlined operating procedures, lower risk, and ultimately reduce costs. The exponential number of technological solutions to these challenges provides IT executives with a wide array of choices when …
Arizona Health & Medical Tech Expo, April 24 in Scottsdale
April 24, 2013 | 12:30pm – 6:00pm Scottsdale Hilton Resort and Villas 6333 North Scottsdale Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85250 Arizona Technology Council (AZTC) and Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) present the 2013 Arizona Health & Medical Technology (AZHMT) Expo. The Expo kicks off its third annual event on Wednesday, April 24 from 12:30pm – 6:30pm at the Scottsdale Hilton Resort and …
Big Data = Big Savings in Healthcare
Tim McElligott of FierceBigData summarizes a recent report from McKinsey analyzing how the healthcare industry can reduce spending and improve patient outcomes by extracting information via big data. A few notable points: Fiscal concerns are driving the demand for big-data applications Health care expenses now represent 17.6 percent of the GDP Material improvement requires people to change their behavior Emphasis …
Big Data + Bioinformatics = Read This
Big Data + Bioinformatics = growth, hype, opportunity, risks, chatter, noise, funding, start-ups, confusion. The short summary / commentary by Tim McElligott in FierceBigData below captures the current market state pretty well. AIS’ angle? ClearCompute, our bioinformatics software as a service offering to empower genetic researchers to do much of the heavy lifting and only pay for the resources they …
Connect with CONNECT, March 7 in San Diego
March 7, 2013 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm Janssen Labs 3210 Merryfield Row San Diego, CA 92121 [divider] PROGRAM OVERVIEW: Eat/drink/connect with 450+ business leaders from San Diego’s most innovative industries on March 7 at Connect with CONNECT. Join us for a special evening and discover our region’s advancing life sciences innovations in genomics, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, mobile health, medical devices, therapeutics …
Buzzword Cornucopia: Big Data, Cloud, DNA Sequencing…
Wow, lots of juicy (and relevant) buzzwords in this post: big data, cloud, and even genome analysis and DNA sequencing. It’s almost as if the original article were written specific for the AIS audience — but it wasn’t. Caron Carlson of FierceCIO summarized the original piece by Bob Violino in Baseline. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP …
Bioinformatics Sneaks into Your Pants (Pockets)
Bioinformatics is rapidly working its way into mainstream medical conversations, as the article below by Daniela Hernandez in Wired shows. It won’t be long before easy access to personalized genomics data is as accessible on your smartphone as turn-by-turn navigation directions. AIS is helping advance genomics sequencing through ClearCompute, our “biotech SaaS workbench”. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian …
