5 companies using big data to disrupt healthcare

Health care is an industry ripe for disruption. While health care overall is a highly polarizing topic, the services provided by the industry are essential. The industry also spans a number of different applications, like pharmaceuticals, insurance, primary care and emergency services, just to name a few. With increased diversity comes increased complexity, which is why industry leaders are turning to innovative technology solutions to help them next-level their operations and the service they provide.

While technology is an essential part of delivering care to patients, it’s important to understand how technology can help change the way the industry operates. Technologies like artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and mobile solutions are all making waves in helping to improve the efforts of health care companies, while opening up new sources of data for the industry.

Here’s a list of five companies disrupting health care through big data:

There is a seemingly infinite amount of data in the life sciences, health care, and pharma industries. In most cases that data is located in disparate sources, making it difficult to access for industry professionals. Innoplexus is deploying sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning in the life sciences to help, as they put it, “crawl, aggregate, analyze, and visualize” that data. Their product iPlexus is designed to help increase access to otherwise unattainable insights, and is used for applications as varied as increasing the speed of drug development, assessing the potential performance of a new drug, to accurately forecasting the performance of HCPs. As a result, they frequently partner with leaders in pharma research and development, health care providers, and researchers to help improve the services they deliver. They are a part of a growing movement in the life sciences using AI to improve the state of the industry.

Ginger.io is one of many companies working to use the prevalence of smartphone data to deliver patient insights and care. Starting at the MIT Media Lab, Ginger.io offers customized care for people engaging with mental illnesses. They gather data from users to deliver insights to care providers that in turn can result in improved and more bespoke care solutions. They also use a mobile platform to deliver care from experienced health care professionals. While they are using big data in a new way, they aren’t the only mobile solution for mental health. Apps like TalkSpace, CodeBlue and Lantern are a few notable examples that all offer mental health services through mobile technology.