Health data comes in a variety of different forms: electronic records (HER / EMR), sensors tracking our vital signs, lab results, physicians notes, patient-generated data (from cell phone applications or wearable technologies), various types of imagery (MRIs, x-rays, and medical photography, etc.), and even simple things like patient surveys and sign-in sheets at the reception desk.Īll these different inputs are constantly providing healthcare companies with more data however, it tends to be ‘unused.’ From hospitals to private practice, and insurance companies to our government, they are all trying to figure out what to do with it. While this is more observation and less scientific fact, we can see evidence of the Pareto Principle all around us. In 1896, Vilfredo Pareto defined something known as “the Pareto Principle.” This is the idea that 80% of consequences result from 20% of causes.
