US: “Unsexy Plumbing,” Integrated Data And The Future Of The Healthcare System
techcrunch.com (07.12.2015) Healthcare, like so many other sectors of the economy, is being transformed by technology. The changes are most obvious at the front end of healthcare. But just as important is what’s happening behind the scenes, in the healthcare system’s back-end infrastructure. This “unsexy plumbing,” as it has been called, makes the front-end advances possible.