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NIH’s 1,000 Genomes Project gains wider access, from amednews.com

Researchers and physicians now will have access to the largest-known database of genetic variations thanks to a partnership announced in March between Amazon Web Services and the National Institutes of Health.

Through the partnership, the 200-terabyte 1000 Genomes Project database, equivalent to more than 30,000 standard DVDs, will be stored on Amazon’s cloud and accessible to anyone with an Internet connection and a computer capable of processing that amount of data. Tools to process the data also are available on Amazon for a fee that varies according to the data access and analyses needed. Amazon created a website explaining the computing requirements or tools that can be used to access the database (aws.amazon.com/1000genomes/).
The 1,000 Genomes Project was launched in 2008 to create the most comprehensive map of human genetic variation available anywhere in the world. The goal is to collect data from the genomes of more than 2,600 people from 26 populations around the world and find the majority of all genome variations in existence. The database now has the genome sequencing of 1,700 people.
Whole genome sequencing allows researchers to identify genetic variations that increase a person’s risk of developing any one of a variety of conditions or diseases.
“The explosion of biomedical data has already significantly advanced our understanding of health and disease. Now we want to find new and better ways to make the most of these data to speed discovery, innovation and improvements in the nation’s health and economy,” said Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH director.
Lisa Brooks, PhD, program director of the Genetics Variation Program at the NIH, said most research labs do not have access to such a large data set or the computing power to work with one. The NIH is investing this money to advance disease study that otherwise would be difficult to carry out, she said.
The 1,000 Genomes Project database is geared toward researchers as opposed to the practicing physician. But if a physician already deals with genetic testing, he or she could use the database to determine whether a patient’s genetic variation may have led to them developing a particular disease or condition, Brooks said. A physician’s office computer would not likely be able to process the data, but a doctor could get access through a teaching hospital that does research.

more... http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/04/16/bise0418.htm

The Cloud in Healthcare – Top 10 Takeaways from iHT2 San Francisco

Last week, our media partners, the Institute of Healthcare Technology Transformation hosted their 2 day conference in San Francisco. An emerging leader in the HIT cloud market, Cloud Prime alongside AthenaHealth sponsored the panel, “The Cloud in Healthcare” that discussed the following:

• Benefits and potential risks
• Success stories and best practices
• Challenges and obstacles for implementation
• Integration strategies

The following is CloudPrime’s top 10 takeaways from 2012 iHT2 San Francisco:
1. IHPs (large integrated health providers, like university systems, etc), are by and large going with EPIC for EHR solutions, thereby automatically forgoing a degree of flexibility and any chance of real near-term interoperability.
2. The historical problems of security, reliability, and control with Cloud-based solutions are being rapidly overcome, and the cost savings from hosting data and applications in the Cloud are becoming so compelling that increasingly complex medical organizations and systems will require the Cloud in order to be effective and efficient…..or risk becoming extinct.

for more: http://healthworkscollective.com/fred-pennic/31027/cloud-healthcare-top-10-takeaways-iht2-san-francisco?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+healthworkscollective_allposts+%28Healthworks+Collective%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Amazon, NIH put 1000 Genomes Project in the cloud

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March 29, 2012 — 2:57pm ET | By Gienna Shaw

It took 10 years and billions of dollars to sequence and publish the first human genome. Now,

anyone with an Internet connection can, in theory, access 200 terabytes of genomic data,

including DNA sequenced from more than 1,700 individuals.

Amazon and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that the complete 1000 Genomes Project will be available on Amazon Web Services as a public data set. The announcement, made at the White House Big Data Summit, will make the largest collection of human genetics available free of charge, according to a TechCrunch article.

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Todd Park Was Right…Now What? Getting our heads in the cloud

From The Health Care Blog

Todd Park Was Right…Now What?

© THCB 1995-2012

By JOHN HALLOCK

In March of 2005, I staffed an interview between Todd Park and Steve Lohr of The New York Times in the cafeteria of the old New York offices of the “Grey Lady.” At the time, Park was heading a very small web-based start-up company that was trying to convince medical groups – and on that day, a leading national technology business reporter – that web-based “cloud” technologies would become mainstream in the healthcare IT industry and were the only logical means to get the hundreds of thousands of independent U.S. doctors and their small offices to go digital...

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/03/15/todd-park-was-right%E2%80%A6now-wha/

NIST Releases Technical Guidance for Evaluating Electronic Health Records

NIST Releases Technical Guidance for Evaluating Electronic Health Records

From NIST Tech Beat: March 20, 2012
Jennifer Huergo      

An important aspect of any product is how easily someone can use it for its intended purpose, also known as usability. Electronic health records (EHR) that are usable have the potential to improve patient care, which is why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has outlined formal procedures for evaluating the usability of EHR systems.

NIST releases EHR usability guidelines

Posted by:Anne Steciw

Some critics of the meaningful use EHR incentive program argue that health care providers wouldn’t need incentives to adopt electronic health records if EHR usability would improve. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an EHR usability toolkit last year to help providers assess how well an EHR system supports them in delivering safe, effective and efficient care to patients.

And now the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is getting into the game by releasing technical guidance for evaluating EHR usability. The guidance is aimed at EHR developers, with an emphasis on a user-centered approach to the development of EHR systems.

COMMENTARY: Why NIST's cloud definition is fatally flawed, from Government Computer News

Commentary by Michael Daconta

http://gcn.com/articles/2012/04/02/reality-check-nist-flawed-cloud-framework.aspx

NIST’s definition of cloud computing is incomplete in two significant ways: first, by excluding the notion of big data and second, by limiting itself to three out of an almost infinite number of possible “things as a service.”

In relation to big data, GCN’s recent cover story “Taming Big Data” and a recent InformationWeek article on “Hadoopla!” reported on the big data revolution and its explosive growth in both vendor implementations and customer adoption. 

Related coverage:

NIST to tackle big data in 2012

NIST tackles security, privacy of cloud computing