Here comes the logical evolution of Big Data in health care: artificial intelligence. For years, this has been the holy grail of Big Data health-care technology: Gather as much data as you can, more than you can ever imagine about a patient and his or her treatment, and you will have the ability to analyze and perform better outcomes for the patient and better health care overall at less cost.

As the push toward wellness becomes more evident in U.S. health care, the natural progression was to utilize technology and Big Data to improve it. However, now we must progress to the inevitable next step with Big Data: artificial intelligence.

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