business intelligence

Gartner shows a mixed market outlook for wearables sales

Wearables in the fitness realm have had a fair share of supporters as part of the quantified self trend but critics note the short-term interest in using these devices when the novelty wears off. The key to adding value is unlocking the data these devices generate and putting it to practical use in healthcare. A […]

Symplur jumps into big data pool with business intelligence channel

Symplur has played a big role in popularizing healthcare hashtags for Twitter to guide people on Twitter looking for specific topic threads, conference conversations and people to follow. It’s recorded 512.9 million tweets spanning 10,000 healthcare topics. Symplur combines big data analysis and its healthcare social media know-how in a new business intelligence channel called […]

Here are 6 trends that will increase healthcare M&A deals in 2014

A survey of healthcare and life science professionals and investors suggests healthcare M&A activity will surge past 2013 levels when there were 394 deals valued at $97 billion. The report by Bass Berry & Sims and Mergermarket indicates that market disruption, brought on by the Affordable Care Act, will lead to more consolidation deals across […]