If you think we are living in a world that runs on gasoline, or natural resources, you’re wrong. We run on information. Companies today collect all kinds of information, for B2B purposes, and more importantly, for consumer marketing purposes. Retailers know what we buy, what we like to eat, when we go out, and where are real-time, when we check in on facebook or foursquare. Now they want even more. In a Wall Street Journal Report on “Big Data”, experts took a look at what information companies don’t have, but would like to.  And healthcare providers weighed in on what they want—a real-time rundown on their patients’ vital statistics to get an early warning about potential health problems. 

According to a write up in the Wall Street Journal, IMS Health Holdings, Inc. is in the final stages of preparation before its initial public offering. 

There are certain times in every market life cycle that are defined by the decisions and actions of certain visionaries who not only see where their profession is headed, but can find ways to be in the lead as the rest of the pack plays catch-up and waits for stronger signals or more certainty.

With just 10 days remaining in the health insurance exchange (HIE) enrollment period, last minute promotions from the administration can be found on television, and online—just about everywhere you look. The administration is pulling out all the stops to get the word out. 

Speech recognition and data analytics vendor M*Modal, Franklin, TN, has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The FDA has approved a new agent for the analysis of beta-amyloid neuritic plaque density in cognitive-impaired adult patients under evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using 3D printing technology to convert CT scans of facial bones into templates for new bone formation, a press release published during the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society.   

Rhode Island Medical Imaging (RIMI) was just named a Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR) - one of the first outpatient diagnostic imaging centers in the country to receive such a distinction. RIMI is the only Center of Excellence radiology practice in New England.