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Douglas Gentile, Chief Medical Information Officer at the University of Vermont Health Network, discusses how lessons learned from past failures helped his organization figure out four critical components needed for successful data governance.

When taking on data governance projects, David Kho, Chief Medical Information and Chief Digital Officer of ChenMed, says it's critical to consider data quality, consistency, standards and lineage.

Speaking at the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum in Boston, University of Texas System's Dr. Lynda Chin stressed the importance of connecting new technologies in addressing healthcare's failings. 

Iomed Medical Solution CEO Javier de Oca is in the business of generating data specific databases for health systems and believes the time is now to see that data translate into better patient outcomes and sustainable systems for providers.

Palantir, which is best known for its work in other industries, will deploy software able to automatically aggregate research data from public and private sources into a single interface.

Current efforts to create interoperability mostly focus on clinical, not research, use cases.

Cambridge, England-based health tech company Healthera has raised $3.

Former Skyscanner Chief Technology Officer Dr Alistair Hann has joined NHS Scotland to help build a national digital platform aiming to improve access to information for both citizens and health and care staff and remove interoperability barriers.

The British Heart Foundation plans to appoint a convenor to drive efforts informing a proposal for the development of the new cardiovascular data science centre.

Experts predict that AI supported surgery will become ‘common practice’ in the next five years as a London start-up deploys an Artificial Intelligence Platform set to act as a ‘navigational system’ for healthcare professionals.