The benefits of data standardization within the social sector—and indeed just about any industry—are multiple, important, and undeniable. Access to the same type of data over time lends the ability to ...

The purpose of this standard is to assist Users, Stewards, Managers, and Information Service Providers in identifying what level of security is required to protect data for which they are responsible.

Standardization helps hospitals and health systems reduce costs and improve clinical outcomes, but in a survey conducted by Cardinal Health, 54 percent of healthcare professionals said their ...

The open data movement has grown in leaps and bounds during the Obama administration, but efforts to standardize that data are only in their infancy, experts say. Waldo Jaquith, former director of the ...

Getting a number of vendors to talk to each other, let alone align, is no easy feat. Adding academics and researchers does not necessarily make things easier. Now try adding to the mix a fragmented ...

Data is a key resource – if not the resource – that powers modern business. Yet, unless it is in a homogenized package, its benefits are limited, thus limiting what industries – especially the ...

Product standardization is a key method hospitals and health systems can use to improve efficiencies and cut supply chain costs. However, it must be approached strategically. One way healthcare ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Carolina Abenante, co-founder of NYIAX.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Data is the lifeblood of the modern economy. Thousands of data points generated by each ...

Guest post by Raj Indupuri, the CEO of eClinical Solutions. Life sciences companies face intense pressures to decrease costs and speed up the research and development (R&D) process to bring new drugs ...