Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 17 | Page 83

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// is a cognitive technology for enhanced decision-making support from evidenced- based National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines. The system analyses 40 million documents from more than 300 journals and 250 textbooks that MSKCC has curated in just 15 seconds and is designed to facilitate decision making among tumour boards and other multi-disciplinary care teams. Big data doesn’t have to give you a big headache Centralising data sets from multiple sources and functional groups is essential to creating a data ecosystem that can be analysed www.intelligentcio.com comprehensively and inform clinical and operational decision-making. Robust algorithms can transform patient, financial and operational data into actionable intelligence that helps care centres provide the best care most efficiently. However, the value of any big data technology is tied to how it can be customised to meet the needs of INDUSTRY WATCH individual end users with respect to both data collection and data outputs. The integration of MOSAIQ and Watson for Oncology is an example of how big data can be used to transform care for individual patients. Data sets are getting larger and it’s up to technology innovators, such as Elekta and our partners, to cut them down to size and put them in the palm of the provider’s hand. n DOING MORE WITH LESS IS TODAY’S TOP MANDATE FOR THE MODERN CANCER CENTRE. INTELLIGENTCIO 83