Healthcare Operations Center

Data-driven technology with big data modeling and always-on live wearable devices translates to ground breaking predictive patience care.  Picture a Pharmaceutical or Healthcare Operations Center (HOC) whereby, for example, your glucose levels, heart rate, or neurological activity [who knows] are monitored on big screens with heat maps and automated trigger alerts e.g. SNMP-like LED alerts.  With Level 1 practitioners through Level 3 and 4 specialists and MDs available 24/7.  Comparable conditions to individual profiles – based on big data ranging from demographic, geographic, “trending” in level, and endless series of behavioral patterns (based on circumstances or scenarios).
You picked up 3rd cup of coffee on your way to work due to increased stress from a roadside traffic accident and you forgot to get decaf (alerted via your store ”rewards” program and therefore triggers your healthcare application baseline activating your HOC set to maximum readiness.  Then, your wearable device automatically injects insulin to help you adjust sugar levels…okay perhaps that’s at least 12 months away.
Point being patient diagnose and treat of diseases no long can rely on 10 minute office visits with your description of what you feel (and perhaps your self-created diagnosis based on an article you just read).  Research and trials can be conducted live with expanded sample and real-time analytics. We have seen benefits of big data aggregation for IT threats and retail buying behaviors already, so why not DNA, tissue, cell, and other organisms that refine research, testing, and overall patient treatment.
As complex as science is, so is the inter-connectivity and inter-dependencies between business risk and cyber protection / capability – required for data integrity and confidentiality.  Cyber has received board level attention but no level of funding will be effective without clear focus on critical assets and data sensitivity usage agreement from the entire organization. The eco-system must also provide opportunity for enhance risk transfers or cyber insurance, regulatory that is prescriptive in implementation as well as penalties.  But the value and underlying matter is having a clear understanding of business’ behavior towards data that translate to effective build/leverage of infrastructure, creative/responsive protection the right data, scalable (amount of) resources, and agility to react based on trade-offs dance between business value and rapid technology changes.