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A Healthcare Data Lake for Today's and Tomorrow's Workloads

October 4, 2017

Managing data is one of the most formidable challenges healthcare organizations face today. According to a recent report by IDC and EMC, healthcare data is growing at a staggering 48% per year. Analysts not only expect this trend to continue but predict it will accelerate as healthcare practices incorporate new data-generating technologies and medical record retention requirements stretch to decades.

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DaVita Kidney Care

The name DaVita is an adaptation of an Italian phrase meaning “giving life.” We give life every day in our clinics to patients needing dialysis. Our mission is to be the Provider, Partner and Employer of Choice and we are building the greatest healthcare community the world has ever seen, guided by our core values of : Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment, and Fun. At DaVita, we’re a community first and a company second. We care for our teammates with the same intensity with which we care for our patients – and encourage our teammates to bring their hearts to work. That is, we can be the same people inside and outside of work because for us, it’s not work, it’s our passion.

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A Healthcare Data Lake for Today's and Tomorrow's Workloads