# Data Silos * **Definition:** Data silos in healthcare refer to isolated data repositories that are not easily accessible or integrated with other systems, leading to fragmented information and hindering comprehensive patient care and data analysis. * **Taxonomy:** CTO Topics / Data Silos ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Data Silos**, for healthcare technology leaders * 2.3K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/21/2025 | [**Basil Systems Raises $11.5 Million to Help Life Sciences Companies Make Smarter, Faster ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/05/21/basil-systems-raises-11-5-million-to-help-life-sciences-companies-make-smarter-faster-decisions-with-ai-driven-intelligence/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**Cycle Time is the New Currency of Drug Development**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/20/cycle-time-is-the-new-currency-of-drug-development/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**RevSpring's Engage IQ™ Named "Best Patient Communication Solution" in 2025 MedTech ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/revsprings-engage-iq-named-best-patient-communication-solution-in-2025-medtech-breakthrough-awards-302449383.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 5/5/2025 | [**Healthcare Services Interoperability in Kenya - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/healthcare-services-interoperability-kenya-doctorsexplainfm-z4rjf) | [[Linkedin]] | | 2/25/2025 | [**Sheba Medical Center is using its data in new ways - and getting big wins**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/sheba-medical-center-using-its-data-new-ways-and-getting-big-wins) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 1/28/2025 | [**AI In Healthcare: The Next Frontier - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/01/28/ai-in-healthcare-the-next-frontier/) | [[Forbes]] | | 1/21/2025 | [**Revolutionizing Healthcare: How the Cloud is Transforming Patient Data Management**](https://medium.com/@reachsanthoshpendyala/revolutionizing-healthcare-how-the-cloud-is-transforming-patient-data-management-f6880bd61532) | [[Medium]] | | 1/8/2025 | [**The Dawn of AI-Powered Healthcare: Transforming Patient Care by 2030 - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dawn-ai-powered-healthcare-transforming-patient-care-joey-yekyc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 12/16/2024 | [**How to Improve Healthcare Teamwork with Collaboration Tools**](https://healthtechmagazine.net/article/2024/12/how-improve-healthcare-teamwork-collaboration-tools) | [[HealthTech Magazine]] | | 12/16/2024 | [**Becoming a Data-Driven Healthcare Organisation: Info-Tech Releases New Blueprint for ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/apac/news-releases/becoming-a-data-driven-healthcare-organisation-info-tech-releases-new-blueprint-for-maximising-data-insights-in-a-complex-environment-302333186.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**Black Book Research Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for EHR Vendors in Non ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-book-research-highlights-challenges-110000704.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 11/12/2024 | [**Harnessing the power of an avalanche of healthcare data - Becker's Hospital Review**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/strategy/harnessing-the-power-of-an-avalanche-of-healthcare-data.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/6/2024 | [**Analytics In Health: Leveraging Custom Software For Decision-Making - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/11/06/analytics-in-health-leveraging-custom-software-for-decision-making/) | [[Forbes]] | | 11/5/2024 | [**Becoming a Data-Driven Healthcare Organization: Info-Tech Releases New Blueprint for ...**](https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/becoming-a-data-driven-healthcare-organization-info-tech-releases-new-blueprint-for-maximizing-data-insights-in-a-complex-environment-b4bd0066) | [[MarketWatch]] | | 11/4/2024 | [**Becoming a Data-Driven Healthcare Organization: Info-Tech Releases New Blueprint for Maximizing Data Insights in a Complex Environment**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/becoming-a-data-driven-healthcare-organization-info-tech-releases-new-blueprint-for-maximizing-data-insights-in-a-complex-environment-302295797.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 11/4/2024 | [**Becoming a Data-Driven Healthcare Organization: Info-Tech Releases New Blueprint for ...**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20241104to48129/becoming-a-data-driven-healthcare-organization-info-tech-releases-new-blueprint-for-maximizing-data-insights-in-a-complex-environment) | [[Morningstar]] | | 10/13/2024 | [**Claims denials on the rise, complicating revenue collection, survey finds**](https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/claims-denials-rise-complicating-revenue-collection-survey-finds) | [[Healthcare Finance]] | | 10/7/2024 | [**SEQSTER CEO Ardy Arianpour Named to PharmaVoice 100 for Innovation in Life Sciences for a Second Consecutive Year**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241008712158/en/) | [[Business Wire]] | | 10/1/2024 | [**Health IT inefficiencies are costing hospitals billions**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/health-it-inefficiencies-are-costing-hospitals-billions.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 10/1/2024 | [**Forrester Announces Full Conference Agenda For Security & Risk Summit 2024**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/forrester-announces-full-conference-agenda-130000656.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 9/20/2024 | [**Using HealthConnect CoPilot to Overcome Healthcare Integration Challenges**](https://healthcareguys.com/2024/09/20/using-healthconnect-copilot-to-overcome-healthcare-integration-challenges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-healthconnect-copilot-to-overcome-healthcare-integration-challenges) | [[The Healthcare Guys]] | | 9/5/2024 | [**Fastn uses AI agents to facilitate data integration for complex app development**](https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/fastn-uses-ai-agents-to-facilitate-data-integration-for-complex-app-development/) | [[VentureBeat]] | | 9/4/2024 | [**Healthcare Digital Transformations Stymied by Data Silos**](https://healthcare-digital.com/articles/healthcare-digital-transformations-stymied-by-data-silos) | healthcare-digital.com | | 7/3/2024 | [**Unleashing the Full Potential of Big Data for a Connected Future**](https://www.cioreview.com/news/unleashing-the-full-potential-of-big-data-for-a-connected-future-nid-39858-cid-15.html) | [[CIO Review]] | | 6/14/2024 | [**Unraveling The Chaos: How Siloed Provider Directory Data Undermines Pricing Transparency**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/06/14/unraveling-the-chaos-how-siloed-provider-directory-data-undermines-pricing-transparency/) | [[Forbes]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Info-Tech Research Group**: Provides strategies and blueprints for healthcare IT leaders to address challenges related to data silos and improve data management. - **Microsoft**: Provider of Microsoft Fabric, a unified data platform designed to consolidate data from various sources and eliminate data silos. - **WiseAnalytics**: Launched Advanced Data Architecture Solutions to help businesses create scalable data environments. - **MuleSoft**: Provides solutions for achieving interoperability by breaking down data silos and enabling seamless integration across healthcare systems. - **MDClone**: Focuses on self-service analytics to dismantle traditional barriers to data access in healthcare. - **Oracle**: Offers Oracle Health Data Intelligence, which integrates patient data from various sources to improve healthcare outcomes and eliminate data silos. - **K2view**: A technology leader recognized for its data integration tools that unify disparate data sources. - **HiLabs**: A company leveraging AI to optimize healthcare payer operations and break down data silos. - **NetApp**: Provides cloud-native storage solutions that facilitate data integration for AI applications, emphasizing the importance of a multi-cloud strategy. - **Epic Systems**: A healthcare technology company that has developed a new capability allowing patients to share their health data directly with various apps, addressing data silos. - **Doti AI**: A Tel Aviv-based startup focused on enhancing enterprise search capabilities by integrating data from various services. - **Fastn**: A startup developing a no-code/low-code platform to simplify the creation of composable applications and address challenges posed by data silos. - **WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.**: Developed a blockchain-based asynchronous federated learning framework to enhance model training efficiency and security, addressing data silos. - **xCures**: A company focused on integrating real-world evidence and AI to enhance clinical decision-making and eliminate data silos. - **Appian**: A technology company that offers a low-code development platform aimed at enhancing business efficiency and eliminating data silos. - **symplr**: A leader in healthcare operations software that enhances access management and compliance while eliminating data silos. - **MedeAnalytics**: Partnered with Holon Solutions to launch the Integrated Patient Insights solution, which enhances real-time patient data access and operational efficiency. - **IBM**: A technology company known for its data analytics and cloud computing services. - **SEQSTER PDM Inc.**: A healthcare technology company that provides a comprehensive view of patient data, including medical history, genomic data, and lifestyle factors. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Children's National Hospital and Alda Mizaku**: Focusing on data integrity and accessibility to prevent data silos. - **Sapio Sciences and Waters Corporation**: Co-marketing agreement aimed at improving data integrity and workflow efficiency in laboratories by reducing data silos. - **WiseAnalytics and Technology Providers**: Formed strategic partnerships to enhance data management solutions. - **Kalyra and Boomi**: Integration to improve client care and streamline operations by creating a 'golden record' of client information, thus reducing data silos. - **MiHIN and Beyond Lucid Technologies**: Collaborating to enhance data exchange for emergency services and hospitals. - **Appian and Outsourcing Technology Co.**: Collaborated to enhance business efficiency through process automation and eliminate data silos. - **Sapio Sciences and LabConnect**: Partnered to enhance research workflows and improve data management in laboratory environments. - **Epic Systems and App Developers**: Collaborating to establish trust and accountability while enabling direct data sharing for patients. - **Emerson and Boundless Automation**: Introduced a next-generation industrial computing architecture to enhance data sharing and collaboration in the life sciences sector. - **PwC and Healthcare Provider**: Created a Google Cloud-based oncology data platform to improve patient outcomes and drive business success. - **Scope Technologies Corp, Global Care Innovations, and BitLab**: Partnering to develop quantum-secure data solutions and AI-powered tools for healthcare providers. - **PointClickCare and Kno2**: This partnership aims to enhance care collaboration and improve interoperability by breaking down data silos and facilitating the exchange of critical patient information. - **SMART on FHIR**: An innovative platform that allows developers to create applications that integrate with various EHR systems, enhancing interoperability. - **Microsoft and Providence/Paige.ai**: Collaborating to develop multimodal medical imaging foundation models to facilitate diverse healthcare data analysis. - **MedeAnalytics and Holon Solutions**: Launched the Integrated Patient Insights solution to provide real-time patient insights and improve care delivery. - **GHAAP**: Built on Innovaccer's platform, it aims to unify clinical and non-clinical data in government health organizations to enhance data-driven decision-making. - **OMNY Health and Aris Global**: Partnering to leverage AI in healthcare, focusing on data integration. - **SEQSTER and PatientsLikeMe**: Working together to enhance clinical research and patient engagement through integrated health records. - **Atropos Health and xCures**: This collaboration focuses on utilizing real-world evidence and AI to develop decision support tools that eliminate data silos and improve healthcare data accuracy. - **SEQSTER and Antidote**: Partnered to enhance patient identification for clinical trials, improving trial timelines and enrollment outcomes. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Data Clean Rooms**: Enable secure data sharing in healthcare, addressing data silos while ensuring compliance and confidentiality. - **Open APIs**: Facilitating interoperability and data sharing among different healthcare systems to eliminate data silos. - **Cloud Migration**: Organizations like Hackensack Meridian Health are transitioning to the cloud to improve data accessibility and reduce data silos. - **No-Code/Low-Code Platforms**: Fastn's platform aims to simplify the integration of data from various silos, enabling real-time access to business-critical data. - **AI-Driven Tools**: Enhancing diagnostics, treatment, and operational efficiencies, while addressing challenges like siloed data and privacy concerns. - **Microsoft Fabric**: A unified data platform that consolidates data from various sources, enabling faster decision-making and enhanced patient care. - **Centralized Data Aggregators**: Predicted trend for healthcare organizations to adopt these tools to streamline operations and improve care quality. - **Cloud-based solutions**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting cloud solutions to enhance operational efficiency and eliminate data silos, enabling better data access and integration. - **Cloud Computing**: Revolutionizes data processing and management in healthcare, enabling secure and instantaneous access to shared resources. - **Info-Tech Research Group Blueprint**: A resource for healthcare organizations to build a unified data strategy to enhance decision-making and improve patient care outcomes. - **Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)**: Facilitates health information sharing to combat data silos. - **AI in Healthcare**: Utilizes high-quality data for effective model training, emphasizing the need for comprehensive data pipelines. - **Asynchronous Federated Learning (BAFL)**: Utilizes blockchain technology to enhance model training efficiency and security, addressing data silos. - **Blockchain Technology**: Emerging as a potential solution for data management and patient privacy issues in healthcare, though it raises concerns about compliance. - **Health IT Answers Interoperability Summit**: An event where key players like PointClickCare and Kno2 discuss strategies for overcoming interoperability barriers and enhancing data exchange frameworks. - **Vendor-Neutral Archives (VNAs)**: Facilitate seamless integration of healthcare IT infrastructure and third-party applications, promoting interoperability and reducing reliance on specific technologies. - **AI and Machine Learning**: Emerging technologies that enhance data visualization and enable effective data management and analytics in healthcare. - **GHAAP**: A platform by Innovaccer aimed at unifying clinical and non-clinical data to improve healthcare services. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Data Silos**: Persisting issues in healthcare that hinder data accessibility and interoperability, leading to increased costs and delayed care. - **Interoperability Issues**: 24% of healthcare organizations report interoperability challenges, leading to data silos and complicating data management. - **Unstructured Data**: Challenges in managing unstructured data complicate access and integration, impacting decision-making. - **Data Security and Compliance**: Ensuring data security and compliance with regulations like HIPAA and GDPR is critical for healthcare organizations to protect sensitive health information while breaking down data silos. - **Infrastructure Modernization**: Healthcare providers struggle with utilizing data effectively, with a significant percentage of hospital-produced data going unused annually. - **Compliance Issues**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in ensuring data privacy and security while managing large volumes of data. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Challenges in ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations while facilitating data sharing and innovation. - **Legacy Systems**: Limitations of outdated EHR systems that rely on old standards, complicating modern interoperability efforts. - **Talent Shortage**: 40% of healthcare leaders cite a lack of talent as a barrier to effective AI adoption, which is crucial for breaking down data silos. - **Administrative Burdens**: Healthcare professionals face emotional exhaustion due to heavy workloads and overwhelming amounts of uncoordinated data, contributing to patient safety incidents. - **Integration Issues**: Healthcare organizations face significant challenges when integrating AI into existing IT systems due to legacy systems and data compatibility. - **Privacy and Security Risks**: Heightened concerns with the rise of digital healthcare technologies, as integrating different systems can introduce vulnerabilities that compromise patient data.