Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

Comparing Claims Data and EHR Data for the Same Patients

Posted on April 12, 2016 by GilPress

Arcadia Data: In healthcare analytics, Claims data are ubiquitous. They have been available for decades and are highly structured and standardized. Unfortunately, they are also relatively sparse, containing only a handful of procedure codes and diagnoses for each episode. EHR … Continue reading →

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Digital Trends 2016 (Infographic)

Posted on April 12, 2016 by GilPress
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10 Jobs that Barely Existed 5 Years Ago

Posted on April 6, 2016 by GilPress
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Amazon Facts and Figures

Posted on April 5, 2016 by GilPress
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How Digital is Your Industry?

Posted on April 4, 2016 by GilPress

Prashant Gandhi, Somesh Khanna and Sree Ramaswamy in the Harvard Business Review: …what are the key attributes of a digital leader? And how can companies benchmark themselves against competitors? We looked at 27 indicators that fall into three broad categories: digital assets, digital … Continue reading →

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Big Data Self-Delusion

Posted on April 2, 2016 by GilPress

The most compelling story told in the new documentary “The Human Face of Big Data” (PBS, February 24), is about the collection and analysis of data to predict the onset of potentially deadly infection in premature babies. By the time … Continue reading →

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64 Healthcare IoT Startups and Market Landscape

Posted on April 1, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: Investor interest in IoT startups working in healthcare has grown hand-in-hand with the broader boom in digital health. Increasingly, Internet of Things startups are finding new applications within healthcare and leveraging connected sensors to better diagnose, monitor, and … Continue reading →

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Google: Self-Driving Cars are Both 3 and 30 Years Away

Posted on March 31, 2016 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-rK8V-rik?rel=0] IEEE Spectrum: In 2011, soon after Google first told the world about the robocars it had secretly been developing, it promised that the vehicles would be able to “drive anywhere a car can legally drive.” Its timeframe for … Continue reading →

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World Backup Day (Infographic)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by GilPress
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The Robots Are Coming: Funding and Spending Doubling

Posted on March 30, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: Funding to private robotics companies nearly doubled in 2015, reaching a record high in deals and dollars… Our robotics category excludes drones, but includes robotics companies focused on process and manufacturing automation, agricultural automation, surgical applications, and personal/social robots. Together, … Continue reading →

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