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Archive for September 27th, 2012

 

GNS Healthcare and Aetna Collaborate to Make Use of Big Data

September 27th, 2012 / in big science, research horizons, Research News / by Kenneth Hines

GNS Healthcare, a healthcare analytics company and Aetna, an American managed health care organization, are collaborating to make use of GNS’ supercomputer “REFS” (Reverse Engineering and Forward Simulation). By using predictive analytics with Aetna claims and other health information, the REFS platform will create data models to help the early identification of metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. To see how REFS works with data and creating models, watch the video below: Read more about the collaboration from the GNS Healthcare press release below: