2019 will be known for many things (not just Baby Yoda). One of the key acquisitions this year was
Salesforce acquiring Tableau for 15.7B dollars. Yes B for billions.
What does this mean for healthcare? Data has sometimes been a pain point in healthcare: how can massive amounts of data be transformed into ways that can lead to decisions? That's the million (or billion) dollar question. Add in financial constraints plus data security issues and this further complicates the problem.
Data in healthcare will continue to be a hot topic into the 2020's. As the amount of data continues to grow from terabytes to petabytes, the key will be about how healthcare leaders will be able to use this data to make key decisions to allow their organization to move forward.
