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Harnessing Big Data for Precision Medicine, Part 5

Democratizing data to yield medical breakthroughs

Booz Allen’s approach to big data and analytics features innovative visualization tools that give people who are not computer experts direct access to the data and analytics, without the need for intermediaries. Precision medicine researchers can ask questions of the data and look for patterns and connections—using plain English, as easily as doing a Google search.

While data scientists may still need to help with particularly complex inquires, researchers can do much of the work on their own. They can freely explore the data, pursuing new ideas and following hunches wherever they might lead.

Democratizing the data and analytics goes beyond technology. As part of our approach, we help organizations build a spirited culture of analytics by focusing on elements such as collaboration, experimentation, and buy-in. And we provide training that shows non-experts how to use data and analytics to get real-world precision medicine insights. One of the most important lessons we’ve learned as management and technology consultants is that problems aren’t solved by tools alone. It’s how the tools are paired with people that counts.

“We're committed to helping healthcare and life sciences organizations across the private and public sectors navigate their rapidly changing environments and complex markets to drive more effective treatment and approaches.”

We’ve been using this kind of dynamic approach to solve complex problems for more than 100 years. We have applied it successfully at every federal agency and department, and across analogous commercial sectors.

Our business is built on our understanding of how to help clients think through their goals, and then achieve them—often in groundbreaking ways.

Our expertise in data science and advanced analytics is unparalleled. Our data scientists—many of them among the earliest members of the profession—continue to invent breakthrough technologies and analytic approaches, transforming how business and government operate.

We now have nearly 600 data scientists—one of the world’s largest such teams—whose expertise reaches across every federal sector, including health, finance, transportation, environment, defense, intelligence, and homeland security.

We're also committed to helping healthcare and life sciences organizations across the private and public sectors navigate their rapidly changing environments and complex markets to drive more effective treatment and approaches. Overwhelming amounts of data present both opportunities and challenges for clients, offering new and innovative ways to discover insights while creating an urgent need for privacy and security.

Through the combined power of our management consulting, data science prowess, and life sciences experience and expertise, we are helping organizations harness big data and advanced analytics to reach new levels in precision medicine.

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Kevin Vigilante
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