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Evaluating parallel relational databases for medical data analysis.

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1039004· OSTI ID:1039004
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Hospitals have always generated and consumed large amounts of data concerning patients, treatment and outcomes. As computers and networks have permeated the hospital environment it has become feasible to collect and organize all of this data. This raises naturally the question of how to deal with the resulting mountain of information. In this report we detail a proof-of-concept test using two commercially available parallel database systems to analyze a set of real, de-identified medical records. We examine database scalability as data sizes increase as well as responsiveness under load from multiple users.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1039004
Report Number(s):
SAND--2012-1881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English